A life situation took me away from writing an iPhone app almost a year ago. At the time, I was using Xcode 6, and using Snapshots for version control. I'm a single hobbyist developer, and it seemed overkill to use Git. This may have been a stupid mistake, because I didn't set the app up with a repo.
Now that I've returned to the app, I find that the Snapshots feature has been removed in Xcode 7. Notwithstanding my annoyance over this, I tried to create a local repo and add my project to it. I did this using GitHub Desktop. The repo appears to have been created, but also appears not to register changes, i.e., when I try to examine changed and committed files via Source Control > History, the files appear to be identical.
I've spent the last 3 days trying to understand what went wrong, searching the web and SO, but haven't found anything directly addressing my problem. I've tried eliminating the repo so I can try creating a new one. Regardless of what I try, the local repo (which appears not to work as expected) persists. I've considered creating a new project (with Source Control activated) and dragging my files into it, but the matter is complicated by the fact that the project is in a workspace, along with several pods, and I'm afraid of breaking everything.
It's humiliating to admit it, but I'm really flying blind. I would be very grateful it if someone can tell me how to get back on track.
All help appreciated...
Edit:
Following @Paulw11's suggestion in his comment, I think I'm getting close, but am having problems with cocoapods.
The first problem was with the El Capitan/CocoaPods conundrum, which I believe I have successfully fixed by reinstalling CocoaPods following instructions found in the accepted answer to this post.
Now, however, when I try to install my pods, I get this:
[!] No `Podfile' found in the project directory.
But there IS a Podfile in the project, unless I've done something wrong by dragging it from the Finder into the Project Navigator.
Additionally, I'm confused as to whether I should navigate to the xcodeproj file itself or to the Folder containing it. I get the same result, either way.
Here is the Terminal readout from my last two attempts at installing the pods:
14 gems installed
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG\ 4\ folder/WMMG\ 4/WMMG\ 4.xcodeproj pod install
-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 4 folder/WMMG 4/WMMG 4.xcodeproj: is a directory
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG\ 4\ folder/WMMG\ 4 pod install
-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 4 folder/WMMG 4: is a directory
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ pod update
[!] No `Podfile' found in the project directory.
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG\ 4\ folder/WMMG\ 4/WMMG\ 4.xcodeproj pod update
-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 4 folder/WMMG 4/WMMG 4.xcodeproj: is a directory
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ pod update
[!] No `Podfile' found in the project directory.
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$
Another thing worth mentioning is that, although I created this new project with Source Control NOT enabled (per suggestion in comment), I nevertheless see that Xcode somehow has created a repo (or is using a repo created, ignorantly, for an earlier version). Frustrating because this is exactly one of the things I'm trying to avoid by creating a new project.
I admit being a novice with the command line, although I have been successful with it in the past by following instructions.
Can someone please help me get past this bump?
Update
Ok, I got the pods installed in the new project, but the repo appears regardless. So I decided to delete all previous versions (after making a backup, of course) and repeating the process with a new project. Now I'm back to the same inability to install pods as before (NoPodfile' found in the project directory.)and(-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 5 folder/WMMG 5: is a directory)`
It's not at all clear to me why Terminal keeps warning me that these items are directory. Here is the most recent result in Terminal:
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ pod update
[!] No `Podfile' found in the project directory.
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG\ 5\ folder/WMMG\ 5 pod update
-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 5 folder/WMMG 5: is a directory
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG\ 5\ folder/WMMG\ 5/WMMG\ 5.xcodeproj pod update
-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 5 folder/WMMG 5/WMMG 5.xcodeproj: is a directory
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ pod update
[!] No `Podfile' found in the project directory.
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG\ 5\ folder/WMMG\ 5 pod update
-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 5 folder/WMMG 5: is a directory
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG\ 5\ folder/WMMG\ 5/WMMG\ 5.xcodeproj pod install
-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 5 folder/WMMG 5/WMMG 5.xcodeproj: is a directory
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ pod update
[!] No `Podfile' found in the project directory.
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ pod init
[!] No Xcode project found, please specify one
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$ /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG\ 5\ folder/WMMG\ 5 pod init
-bash: /Users/timjones/Desktop/WMMG 5 folder/WMMG 5: is a directory
Tim-Jones-MacBook-Pro:~ timjones$
