We are not expecting users to modify this file, afaik. Raymond is living on the cutting edge because he is writing a book, so he wants details before they are available.
Personally, I would expect that we would mimic git with something like : cordova config [--global] autosave true|false But all of this is currently sausage ingredients ... @purplecabbage risingj.com On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Nikhil Khandelwal <nikhi...@microsoft.com> wrote: > If we are expecting users of the CLI to modify this config.json file, not > only should we document it but also make it easy for them to edit it. The > analogy of git's config management comes to mind - with both support for > local & global preferences. However, looks like 'autosave' is the only user > preference that we might have for now. > > Thanks, > Nikhil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mefire O. [mailto:ommen...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 12:37 PM > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > Subject: RE: Some thoughts/questions on the new --save feature > > Yep, I think both options should be documented. > > Thanks, > Mefire > > -----Original Message----- > From: agri...@google.com [mailto:agri...@google.com] On Behalf Of Andrew > Grieve > Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 11:28 AM > To: dev > Subject: Re: Some thoughts/questions on the new --save feature > > I don't have strong feelings about this. > > When designing this, some wanted to have --save be default, some wanted to > match npm for the sake of matching npm. In the end both ways were > implemented. > > I don't think we need to spend a lot of time on strategizing this. If some > one wants to doc it, go for it. > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Victor Sosa <sosah.vic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > So, to me this file is a good way to automate the autosave feature > > just as Gorkem is pointing (configure the JSON file, add plugins in > > the usual way with cordova plugin add and share your project, no flags > > needed to simply allow a good, or best, SCM practice), but it has > > been mentioned that the consensus is to not promote it, does this mean > > at some point the support will be dropped? Is it considered experimental? > > > > 2015-03-05 11:17 GMT-06:00 Gorkem Ercan <gorkem.er...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > On 5 Mar 2015, at 12:01, Raymond Camden wrote: > > > > > > "just one way of doing things" > > >> > > >> This confuses me though. It seemed as if this new config (I mean > > >> new to me) was a way to configure the CLI. Is there another way to > > >> configure the CLI? With the example that was given (default to auto > > >> save) being a preference for the tooling - can we accomplish that > > >> another way? > > >> > > >> > > > That is the only way to enable auto save. > > > That preference is originally added for IDEs, build servers etc. > > > that use CLI. > > > However I think it does provide a more natural flow at least for me. > > > If > > we > > > think we do not like config.json > > > then we should think about a more acceptable way to enable that > > > functionality. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Andrew Grieve > > > <agri...@chromium.org> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> I don't think they are documented. There's really no settings in > > >>> there (besides this one) that anyone would ever need to use. So > > >>> this would be the time to add docs. However, I do think we should > > >>> try and promote just > > one > > >>> way of doing things before branching pointing out there are hidden > > knobs. > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Raymond Camden < > > raymondcam...@gmail.com > > >>> > > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Heh, ok, so how about - for the "typical" Cordova user. > > >>>> > > >>>> And I'd still like to know where/if the settings for this file > > >>>> are documented? > > >>>> > > >>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Michal Mocny > > >>>> <mmo...@chromium.org> > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Consensus is a strong word ;) > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Raymond Camden < > > >>>>> raymondcam...@gmail.com > > >>>>> > > >>>>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Hmm. Ok... so... is there a consensus to *not* promote it? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Gorkem Ercan < > > gorkem.er...@gmail.com> > > >>>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> config.son is not created by CLI by default anymore. You need > > >>>>>>> to do > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>> create > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> the file and add the key. > > >>>>>>> -- > > >>>>>>> Gorkem > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> On 5 Mar 2015, at 7:33, Raymond Camden wrote: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Sorry - what file? I don't have that in my project. If you > > >>>>>>> meant > > >>>>>>>> user > > >>>>>>>> root, I don't have it there either. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Gorkem Ercan < > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> gorkem.er...@gmail.com> > > >>>> > > >>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> You can enable auto save by adding auto_save_plugins to be > > >>>>>>>>> true > > on > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> the > > >>>> > > >>>>> .cordova/config.json file. I think this helps with the case 1 > > >>>>>>>>> -- > > >>>>>>>>> Gorkem > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> On 3 Mar 2015, at 9:27, Raymond Camden wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> 1) Is there any reason why --save isn't true by default? It > > would > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> seem > > >>>> > > >>>>> that in a majority of cases I'd want to save my plugins to the > > >>>>>>>>>> configuration file. I definitely see times when I would > > >>>>>>>>>> *not* > > want > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> to > > >>>> > > >>>>> do so, but it seems like that would be the minority of cases. > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> 2) This is probably an edge case, but... > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> One of the things I do when building Cordova examples is > > >>>>>>>>>> put up > > my > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> www > > >>>> > > >>>>> folder in a repo. My thinking is that my readers can grab the > > >>>>> repo, > > >>>>>>>>>> and then make a new project and use --copy-from to grab the > > >>>>>>>>>> folder. > > >>>>>>>>>> This gives them my www crap and lets them go crazy. > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> For plugins, I've been using a readme file to tell users > > >>>>>>>>>> what to > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> do. > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> I'd like to make use of this new feature to persist plugins > > >>>>>>>>>> and > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> save > > >>>> > > >>>>> users at least one step. (In theory they would just need to add > > >>>>> the > > >>>>>>>>>> platform they want to test on.) > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> But in order to do so, I can't just ship the www folder, I > > >>>>>>>>>> have > > to > > >>>>>>>>>> ship an entire Cordova project. That isn't a big deal per > > >>>>>>>>>> se, > > but > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> it > > >>>> > > >>>>> does mean they would need to copy a folder manually, possibly > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> modify > > >>>> > > >>>>> the app id, and then start working on the assets. > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> Given that I think my use case is probably pretty minor, is > > there > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> some > > >>>> > > >>>>> thought as to how one could distribute sample code and make use > > >>>>> of > > >>>>>>>>>> this feature? > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> -- > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>> ============================================================ > > >>>> =============== > > >>>> > > >>>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com Blog : > > >>>>>>>>>> www.raymondcamden.com > > >>>>>>>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>>>>>>>> - > > >>>> --------- > > >>>> > > >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: > > >>>>>>>>>> dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>>> --------- > > >>>> > > >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> -- > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>> ============================================================ > > >>>> =============== > > >>>> > > >>>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > > >>>>>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>>>>>>> --------- > > >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>>>>>> --------- > > >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> -- > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> ============================================================ > > >>>> =============== > > >>>> > > >>>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > > >>>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> ============================================================ > > >>>> =============== > > >>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > > >>>> > > >>>> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com > > >>>> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > > >>>> Twitter: raymondcamden > > >>>> > > >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>> ---- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> ============================================================ > > >> =============== > > >> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > > >> > > >> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com > > >> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > > >> Twitter: raymondcamden > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Victor Adrian Sosa Herrera > > IBM Software Engineer > > Guadalajara, Jalisco > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org >
