Dry run

[turekj]

This PR implements dry-run feature that was mentioned in #120.

I left off where a discussion in #67 has ended. Since #67 seems to be long dead and gone, I decided to start a fresh one with brand new implementation. I also introduced some basic tests that verify the project is not modified and the issues are reported.

Please note that I had no Ruby experience prior to implementing this feature, so any suggestions/comments are more than welcomed.

Last but not least, huge credits to @samdods for starting the original PR!

[noahsark769]

@turekj this looks really great! Unfortunately, this project pretty much hasn't been updated in 9 months and it doesn't look like there's any active development on it, but I know my team would love to start using this feature.

@marklarr is this still being maintained?

[turekj]

@noahsark769

There is a way to test this feature. I have created a v0.3 branch in the forked repository cause I needed the feature as my other project dependency. The easiest way to give it a spin is to use bundler:

1. gem install bundler (if you haven't installed it already)

2. Create Gemfile in your project directory with following contents:

   gem 'synx', :github => 'turekj/synx', :branch => 'v0.3'
   

3. Run bundle install.

4. Test the setup by running bundle exec synx -w warning {ProjectName}.xcodeproj.

If you want it to be attached as a build phase add a following script:

bundle exec synx -w warning ${PROJECT_FILE_PATH}

The other project I am taking about is danger-synx plugin. Your team might be willing to take a look into that too (provided you use any CI server).

[noahsark769]

@turekj yep, I actually already checked out your branch and ran it on our project - it seems to work great. My eventual goal would be to implement a pre-commit hook that runs synx, but running it on a CI server is also a good thing to have. However, seems like the issue here is that this project hasn't been updated by Venmo in quite a while.

[darrarski]

👍 Looking forward to see it merged

[gretzki]

Hi @turekj ,

thanks for this wonderful addition.
I use it for our CI builds and already proposed a PR to fix a minor issue: turekj#2

Cheers

[zero3nna]

I'm also looking forward to this feature. Will it be merged soon? Seems like nothing changed for a while in Synx ...

[jadar]

It's been over a year. Could we get this merged in?

[noahsark769]

I don’t think Synx is being maintained by Venmo anymore. I’ve been thinking of adding sync functionality to xcodeproj-sort but I think that’s a way off. Unfortunately I don’t think there’s anything to do here at this point.

[turekj]

I have spoken with @marklarr since he committed to the repo as the last maintainer, but nothing has happened so I think the project won't be maintained anymore. 😭 💀

I could fork it, but considering the latest changes to Xcode I don't think it's much of use for anyone.

[noahsark769]

I think the project is still pretty useful - it’s still easy to add a folder to the xcodeproj and not make a file system directory. Sad to hear that this won’t be maintained though :(

[jadar]

@turekj Does Xcode support syncing project with directories natively? Or do you mean it's easier to keep them in sync from scratch, now? I have a few projects that are split into groups with a giant Sources directory that would be nice to sync.