yonaskolb / yonaskolb/XcodeGen
`INFOPLIST_FILE` will set to wrong file if no Info.plist exist in `SRCROOT`
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Description
According to the project spec, INFOPLIST_FILE will set to the first one found in the SRCROOT if the file does not exist:
INFOPLIST_FILE: If it doesn't exist your sources will be searched for Info.plist files and the first one found will be used for this setting
However, if I generate a Info.plist file in script and set INFOPLIST_FILE in a xcconfig file, this behavior will overwrite my setting and set this value to another file in the folder. Like:
// Debug.xcconfig content
INFOPLIST_FILE = Configurations/ExportSettings/Info.plist
# project.yml content
app:
platform: iOS
type: application
configFiles:
Debug: Configurations/Debug.xcconfig
// there is another plist file in `SRCROOT/resource.bundle`
// then the project will set `INFOPLIST_FILE` to `SRCROOT/resource.bundle/Info.plist`
I suggest this setting should comply to xcconfig first if it is not set. The searching behavior is weird.
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Research direction
Reproduce the case using project.yml with Configurations/Debug.xcconfig, an explicitly set INFOPLIST_FILE, and another Info.plist under resource.bundle. Trace how the generated project resolves this setting; done means the xcconfig value remains effective when present, while fallback searching is used only when it is unset.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100