Add tool for checking podspec

[soffes]

As we're all trying to help build the podspec repo, it would be great if there was a way to make sure a podspec is formatted correctly and can compile. Currently this is manual process (if tested at all). It would be great if there was a handy tool for this :)

[alloy]

Indeed. I’ve drafted the banner for a pod spec command a while ago which includes such an idea. I hope to be able to implement it this week.

Regarding the other ones, the create subcommand should do what init does, no more. Need to keep it simple, people can generate Xcode projects just fine through Xcode :)

[alloy]

Also, to ensure that the spec actually produces a usable lib, the lint command should probably also generate a simple source file that imports all headers with an xcode project and workspace that links libPods.a in.

[soffes]

Ya, that's what I was getting at since you can compile in Terminal. It would be great if the tool make sure it actually compiled.

[alloy]

For now I’ve at least made spec lint check for required attributes, as well as adding a command to create stub podspec files: https://github.com/alloy/cocoapods/blob/master/lib/cocoapods/command/spec.rb

[alloy]

23:44 alloy: Ok, so, currently it performs this method: https://github.com/alloy/cocoapods/blob/master/lib/cocoapods/specification.rb
23:44 alloy: It’s very naive
23:45 alloy: I think it should do a bit of type checking, and that a `source' contains the proper keys
23:45 alloy: Things like that
23:45 alloy: Then as the cherry on the pie a sort integration test as discussed on the ticket
23:47 alloy: It should probably create a Podfile (in memory), add a dependency on the spec and install it. Then generate a project and a simple source file which imports a header and possibly does some compiling. To ensure that the actual thing builds and loads.
23:48 alloy: That's about it.
23:49 alloy: Unless you have any more ideas?
23:49 betamike: Ok, that sounds like a good chunk for me to dive into.
23:49 alloy: Awesome :)
23:49 betamike: Calling out to xcodebuild is ok for the latter portion?
23:50 alloy: Definitely, it _should_, as we need to ensure that Xcode is able to compile the lib

[alloy]

It should also check that the dependencies specified in the spec exist, but this will probably be handled by creating a build, that references the pod headers or so, as well.

[fabiopelosin]

Closing as implemented in 1161684

[quique123]

The github project for the command line tool is broken. Im getting here because of a error when typing in pod setup. I did use cocoa pods in many other projects before, dunno what happened from about a month ago

[orta]

please don't comment on 3 year old issues, the answer to your question is probably this: http://blog.cocoapods.org/Repairing-Our-Broken-Specs-Repository/