cocoapods-podfile-generator

A Cocoapods plugin that helps you generate a Podfile file with the pods provided.

The plugin has the following features that will try to make your life easier for creating a Podfile:

Generate a target per each platform supported by the pods provided. You can control which platforms to support
Calculate the best minimum supported version for each platform
Generate the Podfile just with the pods provided or it can add for you the subspecs or dependecies needed for each pod provided

Installation

$ gem install cocoapods-podfile-generator

Usage

$ pod podfile [POD_NAME:POD_VERSION ...]

You can pass some flags and options to generate some different tastes for the Podfile:

Option name	Description
`--regex`	Interpret the pod names as a regular expression
`--include-dependencies`	Include each pod's dependencies name in the Podfile.
`--include-default-subspecs`	Include the `default_subspecs` values in the Podfile if any.
`--include-all-subspecs`	Include all the subspecs in the Podfile if any.
`--include-analyze`	Let cocoapods resolve the necessary dependencies for the provided pods and include them in the Podfile.
`--text-file`	A text file containing the pods to add to the Podfile. Each row within the file should have the format: :. Example: `--text-file=path/to/file.txt`
`--platforms`	Platforms to consider. If not set, all platforms supported by the pods will be used. A target will be generated per platform. Example: `--platforms=ios,tvos`
`--output`	Path where the Podfile will be saved. If not set, the Podfile will be saved where the command is running. Example: `--output=path/to/save/Podfile_name`

Example

Running the following command:

$ pod podfile Firebase:10.0.0 FBSDKShareKit:15.0.0 --include-default-subspecs --include-dependencies

will generate the following output:

install! 'cocoapods', integrate_targets: false
use_frameworks!

target 'Target_for_ios' do
    platform :ios, '12.0'
    pod 'Firebase', '10.0.0'
    pod 'FBSDKShareKit', '15.0.0'
    pod 'Firebase/Core', '10.0.0'
    pod 'FBSDKCoreKit', '15.0.0'
    pod 'Firebase/CoreOnly', '10.0.0'
    pod 'FirebaseAnalytics', '10.0.0'
end

target 'Target_for_osx' do
    platform :osx, '10.13'
    pod 'Firebase', '10.0.0'
    pod 'Firebase/Core', '10.0.0'
    pod 'Firebase/CoreOnly', '10.0.0'
    pod 'FirebaseAnalytics', '10.0.0'
end

target 'Target_for_tvos' do
    platform :tvos, '12.0'
    pod 'Firebase', '10.0.0'
    pod 'FBSDKShareKit', '15.0.0'
    pod 'Firebase/Core', '10.0.0'
    pod 'FBSDKCoreKit', '15.0.0'
    pod 'Firebase/CoreOnly', '10.0.0'
    pod 'FirebaseAnalytics', '10.0.0'
end

Known limitations

Does not support versions with optimistic operator (~>)