yonaskolb / yonaskolb/XcodeGen

Support bundling directory in copy bundle resources

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Description

The following resources

Resources/file1.txt
Resources/file2.txt

will be bundled in the app bundle as:

MyApp.app/file1.txt
MyApp.app/file2.txt

Is there any way to specify the resources to be bundled as the following? Xcode supports it if you drag the whole directory into the Copy Bundle Resources build phase.

MyApp.app/Resources/file1.txt
MyApp.app/Resources/file2.txt

Currently there's a workaround for that by adding an arbitrary extension to the resource directory (e.g. Resources.mybundle), so XcodeGen will think that it is a file.

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Research direction

Start by tracing XcodeGen's handling of resources in the Copy Bundle Resources build phase and compare file resources with directory resources. The requested behavior is to preserve the Resources directory inside the app bundle, while retaining existing file bundling and avoiding the arbitrary-extension workaround; add or update coverage for that behavior if the relevant test area is found.

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Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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