Feedback on Pilot from a Sysadmin perspective

[jedi4ever]

We've exchanged some time ago, the fact that I like the functionality of the fastlane tools , but as a sysadmin I dislike the magic. Here I will go through the current ready , function to give feedback:

• pilot will automatically look for an ipa: so what happens when there are more then one? I would agree it would be a nice default, but should not execute immediately unless you override this using a cli flag
• pilot helps shows you the params: there is no way to ask for the specific subcommands params. Adding --help to a subcommand will make it barf
• having env variables to set things is a 👍
• bundle identifier magic on the other hand is cool
• pilot upload --skip-submission is unclear, naming should reflect what it means - --upload-and-dont-distribute-to-tester alike would be more clear
• pilot add docs gives not indication if this is an internal or an external user invite
• I would love the feedback in the console during any command which account has executed the task
• pilot export could use a delimiter flag . Believe it or not there are many flavors of csv files
• how is my password store: it mentions credentials Manager but when I click on it , it uses DELIVER_PASSWORD , will that be PILOT_PASSWORD now?
• I don't see where to specify the organization in case of a multi organization member itunes
• I'd love to a list of the exit codes to integrate it in my CI tool

HTH

[KrauseFx]

Thank you so much for this valuable feedback! I'll take a closer look at each of your points over the next week.

I don't see where to specify the organization in case of a multi organization member itunes

Are you talking about when you're in multiple Developer teams? If so, I assume you're talking about the Apple Developer Portal, as iTunes Connect doesn't yet support multiple teams, right?

[jedi4ever]

@KrauseFx you are right , that last one doesn't make sense .

[theodorton]

@KrauseFx I think iTunes Connect support multiple teams now; I'm part of two teams right now with the same user. Support for a team_id argument to pilot both in the CLI and through Fastfile would be nice :)

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