Xcode CLI

Helper scripts for working with Xcode from the command line.

These were originally extracted from my dotfiles in the hopes that making them easier to share will encourage external contributions.

Installation

Via homebrew:

$ brew install gfontenot/formulae/xcode-cli

Usage

# Open a directory with Xcode
❯ xcode open

# Open a scratch playground with Xcode
# Requires a playground to be located at ~/.scratch.playground
❯ xcode play

# List installed Xcode versions
❯ xcode list

# Switch the currently selected Xcode version using fzf
❯ xcode switch

# Print the current Xcode version
❯ xcode version

See the --help flags for the individual commands for more options.

Extending

This tool follows the same pattern set by git and similar commands. It searches the PATH for commands prefixed with xcode- and adds them as subcommands. For example, if we added the following to our path as an executable named xcode-foo:

#!/bin/sh

echo "Hello World"

Then we could run xcode foo:

$ xcode foo
Hello World