Bump versions in Xcode plist files with Grunt
This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.0
and Semver
The PlistBuddy
is used to modify the plist file, it comes with Xcode.
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:
npm install grunt-plist-version --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-plist-version');
Run this task with the grunt plistversion
command.
This plugin uses registerMultiTask
so you can define multiple version keys to update.
Task targets, files and options may be specified according to the grunt Configuring tasks guide.
The plist file to be modified
Type: String
Default: "Info.Plist"
The key to modify, for an IOS app it's generally CFBundleVersion
Type: String
Default: "CFBundleVersion"
The function called to bump the version number
Type: Function
Default: function(version){ return semver.inc(version, 'minor'); }
grunt.initConfig({
plistversion: {
bumpversion: {
plistFile: 'MyProject-Info.plist',
versionKey: 'CFBundleVersion'
}
},
})