include files recursively in Cocoapods podspec

Question

I want to create a local podspec that is based on some private code. I can't seem to use the 'source' attribute, as that is not working. I can use the 'source_files' attribute, but it does not include files recursively. So with a directory that looks like this

Library
  /src
    /Core
    /Audio
    /Graphics

And my podspec looks like this:

Pod::Spec.new do |s|
  ...
  s.source = 'src' # this does not work.
  s.source_files = 'src' # this only includes the files in src, and not in any of the Core, Audio or Graphics folders.

I kind of want to specify a '-r' flag. I have tried using wildcards but no luck.

Answer 1

The source_files attribute uses Ruby file glob syntax. The pattern must be relative to the root of your project (i.e., the podspec file), so this should work for you:

s.source_files = 'Library/src/**/*.{h,m}'

The source attribute is not for source code files, but rather for the remote repository from which the code should be retrieved (most commonly a Git repository URL and tag). See the CocoaPods specification docs for more info.

Answer 2

CocoaPods source_files

[CocoaPods]

spec.source_files = 'Classes/**/*.{h,m,swift}', 'More_Classes/**/*.{h,m,swift}'

File patterns:

• * - Matches any file.
• ** - Matches directories recursively.
• ? - Matches any one character.
• [set] - Matches any one character in set.
• {p,q} - Matches either literal p or literal q.
• \ - Escapes the next meta-character.