CocoaPods save project.pbxproj file in XML plist format on Xcode 7.3.1

Environment

  • OSX El Capitan

  • Xcode 7.3.1

  • CocoaPods 0.39.0

XML plist Vs ASCII plist format

Both format are same for Xcode to read. For better merge/diff the file, prefer to use ASCII format, as it is used when a new Xcode project is created.

ASCII plist

$ head project.pbxproj
// !$*UTF8*$!
{
    archiveVersion = 1;
    classes = {
    };
    objectVersion = 46;
    objects = {

/* Begin PBXBuildFile section */
        2D5A0C331C9AE8D20056183D /* main.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 2D5A0C321C9AE8D20056183D /* main.m */; };

XML plist

$ plutil -convert xml1 project.pbxproj
$ head project.pbxproj
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>archiveVersion</key>
    <string>1</string>
    <key>classes</key>
    <dict/>
    <key>objectVersion</key>
    <string>46</string>

Conversion

ASCII format to XML format

$ plutil -convert xml1 project.pbxproj

XML format to ASCII format

$ brew install xcproj
$ xcproj touch

Force CocoaPods to use ASCII format

At the end of Podfile, add the following line:

system 'xcproj touch'

References

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