[jira] [Resolved] (CB-5775) Save list of installed plugins and their installed versions in separate json file

["Andrew Grieve (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5775?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Andrew Grieve resolved CB-5775.
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    Resolution: Duplicate

Totally agree with this being sorely lacking. I think CB-4624 is the issue for it.

> Save list of installed plugins and their installed versions in separate json file
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>                 Key: CB-5775
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5775
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: CLI
>    Affects Versions: 3.3.0
>            Reporter: Adam George
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> There's a major piece of the puzzle missing from the package management capabilities of the CLI, that I haven't seen any discussion/info on yet.
> So I'm sorry if this is already planned, but I've searched around and can't see anything.
> There doesn't appear to be anything in cordova that saves the list of installed plugins and their installed version.
> Ideally I should be able to install a plugin, i.e. 
>     cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.network-information
> And some sort of "plugins.json" file should be created/updated, specifying that the plugin was installed at version 3.0.0.
> (like what NPM or bower do with components.json/bower.json)
> That file only (and not any of the "artefacts" or vendor code in the `plugins` directory) should be version controlled.
> I should then be able to checkout my code from version control into a fresh location and run some sort of command like
>     cordova plugin install
> or something, which would go through the plugins.json file and ensure they have all been installed at the versions specified.
> I'm assuming this is on the radar of things to do for the CLI, because it's pretty standard fare for package management functionality.
> For me, this is a high sort of priority, because currently using cordova CLI with version control sucks and is a pain when working with multiple developers.
> I currently have to version control both the `platforms` and `plugins` directories, despite them being "build artefacts" of the CLI  -  because there is no current way to check the code out from version control and have the CLI re-build everything correctly.
> I'd love to not have to store all that redundant 3rd party code in my repo, and having a `bundle install` like ability would make it so much easier when working with multiple people on a cordova project.



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