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Jules
Jules

Reputation: 7774

Can Xcode ask / react to file changes outside of the IDE?

Is there are means whereby if files are altered outside of Xcode, that a warning in can be shown to ask if you want to refresh the file? This feature is available in Visual Studio, for example.

As a temporary solution, were working on source files in a Dropbox folder. Although growl notifies us that some files has changed, Xcode doesn't know about these changes.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 976

Answers (1)

fbernardo
fbernardo

Reputation: 10124

No, Xcode won't do that, and since there's no support for plugins you're pretty much stuck with that behavior. Some suggestions:

  • Create a local git repository (Xcode can do this for you when you create the project, I don't know if you can do it once it is created.
  • Use another IDE, like AppCode (this isn't even a solution, just came to me and I decided to add it).

With a version control system you can see the little 'M' on edited files, browse changes, etc. But since you wrote that this is a temporary solution I bet you already know this.

Upvotes: 1

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