yonaskolb / yonaskolb/XcodeGen

XcodeGen doesn't error on bad keys

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Description

If in SPM you put in some bad project config, you'll get an error.

XcodeGen seems to accept valid YML.

For example I added the line:

thisshoulderror: nope

and Xcode gen was just happy to ignore it!

⚙️  Generating plists...
⚙️  Generating project...
⚙️  Writing project...

This approach is fundamentally flawed and should never be adopted in software development.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the shown thisshoulderror: nope entry in an XcodeGen project configuration and trace the project-config parsing or validation entry point. Done means an unknown YAML key is rejected with a clear error instead of allowing project generation to continue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
swift, yaml
Domain
build-system, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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