A command-line tool to sort Xcode's `.xcodeproj` file
XcodeProjSorter
A command-line tool to sort Xcode’s .xcodeproj file. It sorts following sessions:
PBXGroupPBXResourcesBuildPhasePBXSourcesBuildPhase
Build
After running swift build -c release command, you can find the executable in .build/release. Or, you can download it from releases page.
Usage
xcodeproj-sorter <path-to-xcodeproj-file>
You can use it to sort Xcode project file before committing it to git version control. Sorting project file can reduce merging conflict possibility.
1.
Create a Tools directory in project root directory, and put xcodeproj-sorter into Tools directory.
2.
Put following codes into .git/hooks/pre-commit.
#!/bin/sh
#
# Following script is to sort Xcode project files, and add them back to version control.
# The reason to sort project file is that it can reduce project.pbxproj file merging conflict possibility.
#
echo 'Sorting Xcode project files'
GIT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
sorter="$GIT_ROOT/Tools/xcodeproj-sorter"
modifiedProjectFiles=( $(git diff --name-only --cached | grep "project.pbxproj") )
for filePath in ${modifiedProjectFiles[@]}; do
fullFilePath="$GIT_ROOT/$filePath"
$sorter $fullFilePath
git add $fullFilePath
done
echo 'Done sorting Xcode project files'
exit 0
3.
Put following line into .gitattributes then commit it.
*.pbxproj merge=union
License
MIT license.