XcodeSnippetsGit.md

Sharing of Xcode code snippets

0. Create new git repo on disk

• mkdir ~/XcodeSnippets/
• cd XcodeSnippets/; git init
• git remote add origin https://github.com/[you]/my_snippets.git
• cp -a ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets/*.codesnippet ~/XcodeSnippets/

Push to your repo to fill it with snippets

1. Checkout snippets repo somewhere on disk

• git clone [email protected]:me/my_snippets.git ~/MyRepos/

2. Create Symlink of snippets directory to repo

⚠️ We should have a backup, otherwise make one. No backup? sad smiley face

• cd ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData
• rm -R CodeSnippets - All is removed
• ln -s ~/XcodeSnippets/ CodeSnippets - Create a symlink from repo to CodeSnippets folder

3. Set up cron to pull repo every XX time

• crontab -e
• 0 * * * * git -C ~/XcodeSnippets/ pull