yonaskolb / yonaskolb/XcodeGen
Support for glob patterns in fileGroups
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Description
fileGroups is a [String] set on the project level, according to the spec. In my experience using it, I frequently want to add all of a certain type of file using this feature, which isn't easy to do by specifying all paths. The recent example I have is: any .jpg files within MyProjectTests/ are likely snapshot test output, and I want to include all of those via fileGroups. Another example is you might want to add any README.md files located anywhere in a large project via fileGroups. I think it would be a useful feature to support glob patterns within fileGroups.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating how project-level fileGroups are parsed and applied. Define the supported glob behavior using the examples in the issue, including matching .jpg files under a directory and README.md files anywhere in the project; done means those files are included without enumerating every path.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100