backup_xcarchive

Save your [zipped] xcarchive elsewhere from default path

backup_xcarchive
Supported platforms ios, mac
Author @dral3x

1 Example

backup_xcarchive(
  xcarchive: "/path/to/file.xcarchive", # Optional if you use the `xcodebuild` action
  destination: "/somewhere/else/", # Where the backup should be created
  zip_filename: "file.xcarchive", # The name of the backup file
  zip: false, # Enable compression of the archive. Defaults to `true`.
  versioned: true # Create a versioned (date and app version) subfolder where to put the archive
)

Parameters

Key Description Default
xcarchive Path to your xcarchive file. Optional if you use the xcodebuild action *
destination Where your archive will be placed
zip Enable compression of the archive true
zip_filename Filename of the compressed archive. Will be appended by .xcarchive.zip. Default value is the output xcarchive filename *
versioned Create a versioned (date and app version) subfolder where to put the archive true

* = default value is dependent on the user's system


Lane Variables

Actions can communicate with each other using a shared hash lane_context, that can be accessed in other actions, plugins or your lanes: lane_context[SharedValues:XYZ]. The backup_xcarchive action generates the following Lane Variables:

SharedValue Description
SharedValues::BACKUP_XCARCHIVE_FILE Path to your saved xcarchive (compressed) file

To get more information check the Lanes documentation.


Documentation

To show the documentation in your terminal, run

fastlane action backup_xcarchive

CLI

It is recommended to add the above action into your Fastfile, however sometimes you might want to run one-offs. To do so, you can run the following command from your terminal

fastlane run backup_xcarchive

To pass parameters, make use of the : symbol, for example

fastlane run backup_xcarchive parameter1:"value1" parameter2:"value2"

It's important to note that the CLI supports primitive types like integers, floats, booleans, and strings. Arrays can be passed as a comma delimited string (e.g. param:"1,2,3"). Hashes are not currently supported.

It is recommended to add all fastlane actions you use to your Fastfile.


Source code

This action, just like the rest of fastlane, is fully open source, view the source code on GitHub


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