XcodeGen/CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

Next Version

Added

• Added ability to disable main thread checker on Run and Test schemes and TargetSchemes #601 @wag-miles

2.6.0

Added

• Added ability to skip tests #582 @kadarandras
• Added ability to set attributes on build files #583 @min
• Allow using environment variables in the form of ${SOME_VARIABLE}. This might be a breaking change when a target template attribute is also defined as an environment variable #594 @tomquist
• Added support for watchapp2-container and framework.static product types #604 @yonaskolb

Fixed

• Fixed .pch files being bundled as resources #597 @thii
• Fixed an issue that prevents watchOS Intents Extension from running correctly. #571 @KhaosT

Changed

• Updated the default compatibilityVersion project setting from Xcode 9.3 to Xcode 10.0 #581 @acecilia
• Updated to XcodeProj 7.0.0. Note that the length of generated UUIDs has changed #604 @yonaskolb

Internal

• Added ability to encode ProjectSpec #545 @ryohey

Commits

2.5.0

Added

• Added support for app-extension.intents-service target type #536 @yonaskolb
• Added support for custom root in sdk dependency #562 @raptorxcz

Changed

• Updated to xcodeproj 6.7.0 including its performance improvements #536 @yonaskolb
• Updated default generated settings for Xcode 10.2 #555 @yonaskolb
• Changed order of file generation so that plists are now generated before the project, so they will be included in the projects files #544 @tomquist
• Updated Yams to 2.0.0 @yonaskolb

Fixed

• Fixed groups from sources outside a project spec's directory from being flattened. #550 @sroebert
• Fixed optional file sources not being added to the project #557 @yonaskolb
• Fixed Carthage dependencies being incorrectly embedded in WatchKit app bundles instead of a WatchKit app extension #558 @KhaosT

Commits

2.4.0

Fixed:

• Fixed installation when building in Swift 5 #549 @yonaskolb

Changed

• Updated to Swift 5 and dropped Swift 4.2 #549 @yonaskolb

Commits

2.3.0

Added

• Added ability to automatically find all the frameworks for Carthage dependencies via the global options.findCarthageFrameworks or dependency specfic dependency.findFrameworks. See the Carthage usage docs for more info #506 #543 @rpassis @yonaskolb
• Added support for nested target templates #534 @tomquist
• Added ability to define templateAttributes within a target to be able to parameterize templates. #533 @tomquist
• Added ability to set link to false in framework dependencies #532 @dimatosaurus
• Added missingConfigFiles to options.disabledValidations to optionally skip checking for the existence of config files.
• Added ability to define a per-platform deploymentTarget for Multi-Platform targets. #510 @ainopara

Changed

• DEPRECATION: Placeholders $target_name and $platform have been deprecated in favour of ${target_name} and ${platform}. Support for the old placeholders will be removed in a future version #533 @tomquist

Fixed

• Sources outside a project spec's directory will be correctly referenced as relative paths in the project file. #524
• Fixed error when optional directory source is missing #527 @yonaskolb
• Fixed excludes within included spec #535 @yonaskolb
• Fixed paths in target templates within included files not being relative #537 @yonaskolb
• Fix multi-platform target templates #541 @yonaskolb
• Fixed sources in an included target not being relative when the sources are mix of string and dictionaries #542 @yonaskolb

Commits

2.2.0

Added

• Added ability to generate empty directories via options.generateEmptyDirectories #480 @Beniamiiin
• Added support for the instrumentsPackage product type #482 @ksulliva
• Added support for inputFileLists and outputFileLists within project build scripts #500 @lukewakeford
• Added support for a $target_name replacement string within target templates #504 @yonaskolb
• Added createIntermediateGroups to individual Target Sources which overrides the top level option #505 @yonaskolb

Changed

• BREAKING: All the paths within include files are now relative to that file and not the root spec. This can be disabled with a relativePaths: false on the include. See the documentation for more details #489 @ellneal
• Updated the Xcode compatibility version from 3.2 to 9.3 #497 @yonaskolb
• Exact matches to config names in build settings won't partial apply to other configs #503 @yonaskolb
• UUIDs in the project are standard and don't contain any type prefixes anymore

Fixed

• Fixed --project argument not taking effect #487 @monowerker
• Fixed Sticker Packs from generating an empty Source file phase which caused in error in the new build system #492 @rpassis
• Fixed generated schemes for tool targets not setting the executable #496 @yonaskolb
• Fixed resolving Carthage dependencies for iOS app with watchOS target. 465 @raptorxcz

Commits

2.1.0

Added

• Added an experiment new caching feature. Pass --use-cache to opt in. This will read and write from a cache file to prevent unnecessarily generating the project. Give it a try as it may become the default in a future release #412 @yonaskolb

Changed

• Changed spelling of build phases to preBuildPhase and postBuildPhase. The older names are deprecated but still work 402 @brentleyjones
• Moved generation to a specific subcommand xcodegen generate. Simple xcodegen will continue to work for now #437 @yonaskolb
• If INFOPLIST_FILE has been set on a target, then an info path won't ovewrite it #443 @feischl97

Fixed

• Fixed XPC Service package type in generated Info.plist #435 @alvarhansen
• Fixed phase ordering for modulemap and static libary header Copy File phases. 402 @brentleyjones
• Fixed intermittent errors when running multiple xcodegens concurrently #450 @bryansum
• Fixed --project argument not working #437 @yonaskolb
• Fixed unit tests not hooking up to host applications properly by default. They now generate a TEST_HOST and a TestTargetID #452 @yonaskolb
• Fixed static libraries not including external frameworks in their search paths #454 @brentleyjones
• Add .intentdefinition files to sources build phase instead of resources #442 @yonaskolb
• Add mlmodel files to sources build phase instead of resources #457 @dwb357

Commits

2.0.0

Added

• Added weak linking setting for dependencies #411 @alvarhansen
• Added info to targets for generating an Info.plist #415 @yonaskolb
• Added entitlements to targets for generating an .entitlement file #415 @yonaskolb
• Added sdk dependency type for linking system frameworks and libs #430 @yonaskolb
• Added parallelizable and randomExecutionOrder to Scheme test targets in an expanded form #434 @yonaskolb
• Validate incorrect config setting definitions #431 @yonaskolb
• Automatically set project SDKROOT if there is only a single platform within the project #433 @yonaskolb

Changed

• Performance improvements for large projects #388 #417 #416 @yonaskolb @kastiglione
• Upgraded to xcodeproj 6 #388 @yonaskolb
• Upgraded to Swift 4.2 #388 @yonaskolb
• Remove iOS codesigning sdk restriction in setting preset #414 @yonaskolb
• Changed default project version to Xcode 10.0 and default Swift version to 4.2 #423 @yonaskolb
• Added ability to not link Carthage frameworks #432 @yonaskolb

Fixed

• Fixed code signing issues #414 @yonaskolb
• Fixed TargetSource.headerVisibility not being set in initializer #419 @jerrymarino
• Fixed crash when using Xcode Legacy targets as dependencies #427 @dflems

Commits

1.11.2

If XcodeGen is compiled with Swift 4.2, then UUID's in the generated project will not be deterministic. This will be fixed in an upcoming release with an update to xcodeproj 6.0

Fixed

• Fixed release builds in Swift 4.2 #404 @pepibumur
• Fixed default settings for macOS unit-tests #387 @frankdilo
• Fixed Copy Headers phase ordering for Xcode 10 #401 @brentleyjones
• Fixed generated schemes on aggregate targets #394 @vgorloff

Changed

• Added en as default value for knownRegions #390 @Saik0s
• Update PathKit, Spectre, Yams and xcodeproj dependencies

Commits

1.11.1

Fixed

• Fixed FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS for framework dependency paths with spaces #382 @brentleyjones
• Fixed aggregate targets not being found with transitivelyLinkDependencies #383 @brentleyjones

Commits

1.11.0

Added

• Added showEnvVars to build scripts to disable printing the environment #351 @keith
• Added requiresObjCLinking to target #354 @brentleyjones
• Added targetTemplates #355 @yonaskolb
• Added aggregateTargets #353 #381 @yonaskolb
• Added options.groupSortPosition #356 @yonaskolb
• Added ability to specify copyFiles build phase for sources #345 @brentleyjones
• Added ability to specify a minimumXcodeGenVersion #349 @brentleyjones
• Added customArchiveName and revealArchiveInOrganizer to archive #367 @sxua

Fixed

• Sort files using localizedStandardCompare #341 @rohitpal440
• Use the latest xcdatamodel when sorted by version #341 @rohitpal440
• Fixed compiler flags being set on non source files in mixed build phase target sources #347 @brentleyjones
• Fixed options.xcodeVersion not being parsed #348 @brentleyjones
• Fixed non-application targets using carthage copy-frameworks #361 @brentleyjones
• Set xcdatamodel based on xccurrentversion if available #364 @rpassis
• XPC Services are now correctly copied #368 @brentley
• Fixed .metal files being added to resources #380 @vgorloff

Changed

• Improved linking for static.library targets #352 @brentleyjones
• Changed default group sorting to be after files #356 @yonaskolb
• Moved Frameworks and Products top level groups to bottom #356 @yonaskolb
• modulemap files are automatically copied to the products directory for static library targets #346 @brentleyjones
• Public header files are automatically copied to the products directory for static library targets #365 @brentleyjones
• Swift Objective-C Interface Header files are automatically copied to the products directory for static library targets #366 @brentleyjones
• FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS are adjusted for framework dependencies #373 @brentley
• library.static targets have SKIP_INSTALL set to YES #358 @brentley
• Copy files phases have descriptive names #360 @brentley

Internal

• Moved brew formula to homebrew core
• Added CONTRIBUTING.md

Commits

1.10.3

Fixed

• Fixed Mint installations finding SettingPresets #338 @yonaskolb

Commits

1.10.2

Changed

• Set transitivelyLinkDependencies to false by default

Commits

1.10.1

Fixed

• Fixed transitivelyLinkDependencies typo #332 @brentleyjones
• Fixed framework target dependencies not being code signed by default #332 @yonaskolb

Changed

• Code sign all dependencies by default except target executables #332 @yonaskolb

Commits

1.10.0

Added

• Added build rule support #306 @yonaskolb
• Added support for frameworks in sources #308 @keith
• Added ability to automatically embed transient dependencies. Controlled with transitivelyLinkDependencies #327 @brentleyjones

Changed

• Upgraded to Swift 4.1
• Improved Carthage dependency lookup performance with many targets #298 @keith
• By default don't CodeSignOnCopy target dependencies. This can still be controlled with Dependency.codeSign #324 @yonaskolb

Fixed

• Fixed PBXBuildFile and PBXFileReference being incorrectly generated for Legacy targets #296 @sascha
• Fixed required sources build phase not being generated if there are no sources #307 @yonaskolb
• Fixed install script in binary release #303 @alvarhansen
• Removed ENABLE_TESTABILITY from framework setting presets #299 @allu22
• Fixed homebrew installation #297 @vhbit
• cc files are now automatically recognized as source files #317 @maicki
• Fixed commandLineArguments not parsing when they had dots in them #323 @yonaskolb
• Fixed excluding directories that only have sub directories #326 @brentleyjones
• Made PBXContainerItemProxy ID more deterministic
• Fixed generated framework schemes from being executable #328 @brentleyjones

Commits

1.9.0

Added

• Scheme pre and post actions can now be added to target.scheme #280 @yonaskolb
• Individual files can now be added to fileGroups #293 @yonaskolb

Changed

• Updated to xcproj 4.3.0 for Xcode 9.3 updates
• Update default Xcode version to 9.3 including new settings #284 @LinusU
• Breaking for ProjectSpec library users Changed ProjectSpec to Project and ProjectSpec.Options to SpecOptions #281 @jerrymarino

Fixed

• Fixed manual build phase of none not being applied to folders #288 @yonaskolb
• Quoted values now correctly get parsed as strings #282 @yonaskolb
• Fixed adding a root source folder when createIntermediateGroups is on #291 @yonaskolb
• Fixed Homebrew installations issues on some machines #289 @vhbit
• Fixed files that are added as root sources from having invalid parent groups outside the project directory #293 @yonaskolb

Commits

1.8.0

Added

• Added Project defaultConfig #269 @keith
• Added Target attributes #276 @yonaskolb
• Automatically set DevelopmentTeam and ProvisioningStyle within TargetAttributes if relevant build settings are defined #277 @yonaskolb

Fixed

• Fixed default LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS for app extensions #272 @LinusU

Internal

• Make LegacyTarget init public #264 @jerrymarino
• Upgrade to xcproj to 4.2.0, Yams to 0.6.0 and PathKit to 0.9.1 @yonaskolb

Commits

1.7.0

Added

• Added support for scheme environment variables #239 #254 #259 @turekj @toshi0383
• Added carthageExecutablePath option #244 @akkyie
• Added parallelizeBuild and buildImplicitDependencies to Schemes #241 @rahul-malik @yonaskolb
• Added support for Core Data xcdatamodeld files #249 @yonaskolb
• Projects are now generated atomically by writing to a temporary directory first #250 @yonaskolb
• Added script for adding precompiled binary to releases #246 @toshi0383
• Added optional headerVisibilty to target source. This still defaults to public #252 @yonaskolb
• Releases now include a pre-compiled binary and setting presets, including an install script

Fixed

• Fixed Mint installation from reading setting presets #248 @yonaskolb
• Fixed setting buildPhase on a folder source. This allows for a folder of header files #254 @toshi0383
• Carthage dependencies are not automatically embedded into test targets #256 @yonaskolb
• Carthage dependencies now respect the embed property #256 @yonaskolb
• iMessage extensions now have proper setting presets in regards to app icon and runtime search paths #255 @yonaskolb
• Excluded files are not added within .lproj directories #238 @toshi0383

Commits

1.6.0

Added

• Added scheme pre-actions and post-actions #231 @kastiglione
• Added options.disabledValidations including missingConfigs to disable project validation errors #220 @keith
• Generate UI Test Target Attributes #221 @anreitersimon

Fixed

• Filter out duplicate source files #217 @allu22
• Fixed how lastKnownFileType and explicitFileType were generated across platforms #115 @toshi0383
• Removed a few cases of project diffs when opening the project in Xcode @yonaskolb
• Fixed Swift not being embedded by default in watch apps @yonaskolb

Changed

• Change arrays to strings in setting presets #218 @allu22
• Updated to xcproj 4.0 #227

Commits

1.5.0

Added

• added support for gatherCoverageData flag in target schemes #170 @alexruperez
• added support for commandLineOptions in target schemes #172 @rahul-malik
• added Project spec as a SwiftPM library for reuse in other projects #164 @soffes
• added implicit option for framework dependencies #166 @sbarow
• added --quite option to CLI #167 @soffes
• can now print version with -v in addition to --version #174 @kastiglione
• added support for legacy targets #175 @bkase
• added support for indentation options #190 @bkase
• added source excludes #135 #161 #190 @peymankh @
• added options.xcodeVersion #197 @yonaskolb @peymankh
• add test targets to Scheme #195 @vhbit
• add option to make a source file optional incase it will be generated later #200 @vhbit
• finalize Scheme spec #201 @yonaskolb
• added buildPhase setting to target source for overriding the guessed build phase of files #206 @yonaskolb
• added deploymentTarget setting to project and target #205 @yonaskolb

Changed

• huge performance improvements when writing the project file due to changes in xcproj
• updated dependencies
• minor logging changes
• updated Project Spec documentation
• scan for Info.plist lazely #194 @kastiglione
• change setting presets so that icon settings only get applied to application targets #204 @yonaskolb
• changed scheme build targets format #203 @yonaskolb
• when specifying a --spec argument, the default for the --project path is now the directory containing the spec #211 @yonaskolb

Fixed

• fixed shell scripts escaping quotes twice #186 @allu22
• fixed createIntermediateGroups when using a relative spec path #184 @kastiglione
• fixed command line arguments for test and profile from being overridden #199 @vhbit
• fixed files deep within a hierarchy having the path for a name
• fixed source files from being duplicated if referenced with different casing #212 @yonaskolb
• fixed target product name not being written. Fixes integration with R.swift #213 @yonaskolb

Commits

1.4.0

Added

• added --version flag #112 @mironal
• added support for adding individual file sources #106 #133 #142 #139 @bkase
• added source compiler flag support #121 @bkase
• added ProjectSpec.options.createIntermediateGroups #108 @bkase
• added better json loading support #127 @rahul-malik
• added source name for customizing names of source directories and file #146 @yonaskolb
• added folder reference source support via a new type property #151 @yonaskolb
• added ProjectSpec.options.developmentLanguage #155 @yonaskolb

Changed

• updated to xcproj 1.2.0 #113 @yonaskolb
• build settings from presets will be removed if they are provided in xcconfig files #77 @toshi0383
• all files and groups are sorted by type and then alphabetically #144 @yonaskolb
• target sources can now have an expanded form #119 @yonaskolb
• empty build phases are now not generated #149 @yonaskolb
• make UUIDs more deterministic #154 @yonaskolb

Fixed

• only add headers to frameworks and libraries #118 @ryohey
• fixed localized files with the same name #126 @ryohey
• fix intermediate sources #144 @yonaskolb
• fix cyclical target dependencies not working #147 @yonaskolb
• fix directory bundles not being added properly when referenced directly #148 @yonaskolb
• made mm, c and S file be parsed as source files #120 #125 #138 @bkase @enmiller
• fix the generation of localized variant groups if there is no Base.lproj #157 @ryohey
• all localizations found are added to a projects known regions #157 @ryohey

Internal

• refactoring
• more tests
• added release scripts

Commits

1.3.0

Added

• generate output files for Carthage copy-frameworks script #84 @mironal
• added options.settingPreset to choose which setting presets get applied #100 @yonaskolb
• added link option for target dependencies #109 @keith

Changed

• updated to xcproj 0.4.1 #85 @enmiller
• don't copy base settings if config type has been left out #100 @yonaskolb
• generate localised files under a single variant group #70 @ryohey
• don't apply common project settings to configs with no type #100 @yonaskolb
• config references in settings can now be partially matched and are case insensitive #111 @yonaskolb
• other small internal changes @yonaskolb

Fixed

• embed Carthage frameworks for macOS #82 @toshi0383
• fixed copying of watchOS app resources #96 @keith
• automatically ignore more file types for a target's sources (entitlements, gpx, apns) #94 @keith
• change make build to a PHONY task #98 @keith
• allow copying of resource files from dependant targets #95 @keith
• fixed library linking #93 @keith
• fixed duplicate carthage file references #107 @yonaskolb
• an error is now shown if you try and generate a target scheme and don't have debug and release builds @yonaskolb

Commits

1.2.4

Fixed

• setting presets only apply ALWAYS_EMBED_SWIFT_STANDARD_LIBRARIES: YES to applications
• don't add carthage dependency to copy-frameworks script if embed: false
• sort group children on APFS

Changed

• update to xcproj 0.3.0

Commits

1.2.3

Fixed

• Fixed wrong carthage directory name reference for macOS #74 @toshi0383
• Removed unnecessary carthage copy-frameworks for macOS app target #76 @toshi0383
• Added some missing default settings for framework targets. SKIP_INSTALL: YES fixes archiving
• Filter out nulls from setting presets if specifying an empty string

Commits

1.2.2

Added

• automatically set TEST_TARGET_NAME on UI test targets if one of the dependencies is an application target

Fixed

• set DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE to @rpath in framework target presets
• fixed tvOS launch screen setting. ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_LAUNCHIMAGE_NAME is now LaunchImage not tvOS LaunchImage

Commits

1.2.0

Added

• include now supports a single string as well as a list
• add support setting xcconfig files on a project with configFiles #64
• add fileGroups to project spec for adding groups of files that aren't target source files #64
• better output (more info, emoji, colors)
• add options.bundleIdPrefix for autogenerating PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER #67
• add :REPLACE syntax when merging include #68
• add mint installation support

Fixed

• fixed homebrew installation
• fixed target xcconfig files not working via configFiles #64
• look for INFOPLIST_FILE setting in project and xcconfig files before adding it automatically. It was just looking in target settings before #64
• exit with error on failure

Commits

1.1.0

Changed

• set project version to Xcode 9 - LastUpgradeVersion attribute to 0900
• set default Swift version to 4.0 - SWIFT_VERSION build setting to 4.0

Commits

1.0.1

Fixed

• fixed incorrect default build script shell path
• fixed install scripts

Commits

1.0.0

Added

• Swift 4 support #52
• Support for C and C++ files #48 by @antoniocasero
• Xcode 9 default settings

Fixed

• fixed empty string in YAML not being parsed properly #50 by @antoniocasero

Changed

• updated to xcodeproj 0.1.2 #56
• BREAKING: changed target definitions from list to map #54 See Project Spec

Commits

0.6.1

Added

• Ability to set PBXProject attributes #45

Changed

• Don't bother linking target frameworks for target dependencies.
• Move code signing default settings from all iOS targets to iOS application targets, via Product + Platform setting preset files #46

Commits

0.6.0

Added

• Allow a project spec to include other project specs #44

Changed

• Changed default spec path to project.yml
• Changed default project directory to the current directory instead of the spec file's directory

Commits

0.5.1

Fixed

• Fix embedded framework dependencies
• Add CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY[sdk=iphoneos*] back to iOS targets
• Fix build scripts with "" generating invalid projects #43

Commits

0.5.0

Added

• Added multi platform targets #35
• Automatically generate platform specific FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS for Carthage dependencies #38
• Automatically find Info.plist and set INFOPLIST_FILE build setting if it doesn't exist on a target #40
• Add options for controlling embedding of dependencies #37

Fixed

• Fixed localized files not being added to a target's resources

Changed

• Renamed Setting Presets to Setting Groups
• Carthage group is now created under top level Frameworks group

Commits

0.4.0

Added

• Homebrew support #16 by @pepibumur
• Added runOnlyWhenInstalling to build scripts #32
• Added carthageBuildPath option #34

Fixed

• Fixed installations of XcodeGen not applying build setting presets for configs, products, and platforms, due to missing resources

Changed

• Upgraded to https://github.com/swift-xcode/xcodeproj 0.1.1 #33

Commits

0.3.0 - Extensions and Scheme Tests

Added

• Support for app extension dependencies, using the same target: MyExtension syntax #19
• Added test targets to generated target schemes via Target.scheme.testTargets #21

Changed

• Updated xcodeproj to 0.0.9

Fixed

• Fixed watch and messages apps not copying carthage dependencies

Breaking changes

• Changed Target.generatedSchemes to Target.scheme.configVariants

Commits

0.2.0 - Build scripts

Added

• Added Target build scripts with Target.prebuildScripts and Target.postbuildScripts #17
• Support for absolute paths in target sources, run script files, and config files
• Add validation for incorrect Target.configFiles

Fixed

• Fixed some project objects sometimes having duplicate ids

Commits

0.1.0

First official release