Script to Remove files from Xcodeproj

Question

I need to remove the reference to some files from my Xcode project from command line. I'm trying with the ruby lib Xcodeproj, but I can't understand how to do it:

proj = Xcodeproj::Project.open(project_file)
proj.targets.each do |target|
    path = "../Pods/MyFolder/Externals/**/*"
    dir = Dir.glob(path).select{ |e| File.file? e }
    dir.each do |file|
        proj.files.delete(file)
    end
end

proj.save

After running the script nothing is changed inside my project.

Use `file.remove_from_project` instead of `proj.files.delete(file)` — ChrisH, Jun 17 '19 at 22:25
@Jenish Create a text file with extension .rb, you can run it with: ruby filename.rb from your terminal. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/Hello_world — Gaetano Cerniglia, May 13 '20 at 09:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '21 at 15:53

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I had the same issue. I tried 'reject', 'filter' ... Nothing worked.

The solution that worked was to replace:

proj.files.delete(file)

for

file.remove_from_project

answered Feb 25 '21 at 15:53

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