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Redwood
Redwood

Reputation: 69302

How do I get Xcode to replicate project group structure in the folder structure on disk?

I have an Xcode project with the following group structure:

ProjectName/
    Classes/
        class1.h
        class1.m
        class2.h
        class2.m
        ...
    XMLDocs/
        doc1.xml
        doc2.xml
        ...
    Resources/
        Info.plist
        MainMenu.xib
        ...

and so on and so forth.

I'd like this to be represented in the folder structure on the disk as well:

ProjectFolder/
    Project.xcodeproj
    Classes/
        class1.h
        class1.m
        class2.h
        class2.m
        ...
    XMLDocs/
        doc1.xml
        doc2.xml
        ...
    Resources/
        Info.plist
        MainMenu.xib
        ...

as opposed to the usual everything in the root project folder methodology.

Is there any way to do this without manually creating the folder structure on the disk and then having to repoint all the reference in Xcode to the new location?

Bonus points if you can tell me how to do this automatically any time I create a new group or add files to an existing group in Xcode.

Upvotes: 44

Views: 16759

Answers (6)

Mark Bridges
Mark Bridges

Reputation: 8448

I've created an app that fixes this issue and reorganizes your file structure to match what you've got in Xcode. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/xsaviour/id1449886415?mt=12

Upvotes: 1

Wizard of Kneup
Wizard of Kneup

Reputation: 2183

I found out that if you move files around in Xcode and press [CMD] at the same time then the folder structure will match the Xcode structure.

Upvotes: 0

Blazej SLEBODA
Blazej SLEBODA

Reputation: 9925

Xcode9 solves this problem. By default, a new group is created with corresponding folder on disk.

Upvotes: 1

andyvn22
andyvn22

Reputation: 14824

You can do this to some extent! There's just one extra step to do every time you create a new group (and this first time you'll have a lot of catching up to do!):

Xcode location setting

Whenever you create a group in Xcode, immediately select it and open the righthand sidebar. Notice the "Location:" setting just below its name. Click the folder icon next to "None" and set it to a new folder with the same name.

Now, whenever you add files to the group, they'll head to the corresponding folder on disk. Woo!

Unfortunately, this initial time, you'll have a lot of file-moving to do. (As you change the group paths, your files will all turn red, as Xcode will begin looking for them in the new folder. You'll have to manually move them from the Finder to fix it.) There is, however, a command-line tool to perform this initial migration for you: https://github.com/venmo/synx

Upvotes: 63

Chris Hanson
Chris Hanson

Reputation: 55116

There's no "make my disk look like my project structure" functionality in Xcode.

You could automate the task using AppleScript, though: You can both examine and change project structure from a script. So you'd just have to write a script that iterates over the project structure and makes the folder hierarchy look the way the project structure does, and adjust where Xcode's file and group references point at the same time.

Upvotes: 0

amrox
amrox

Reputation: 6247

A folder reference is what you want. When dragging or adding files to the project there is an option to "Create Folder References for any added folders". Choose that and you'll get the behavior you want.

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You could try adding the entire enclosing folder of the project as a folder reference. That should get everything. Or add references for "Classes" "Resources" and "XML" individually.

Upvotes: 11

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