Is it possible to point pod installation to a git branch, commit or tag

[vegaro]

Is it possible to point the pod to a git branch, version or commit, like instructed in the official Cocoapods docs https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/the-podfile.html#from-a-podspec-in-the-root-of-a-library-repo

We would like to build a version of our Unity plugin pointing to a specific branch of our iOS pod, without having to release a new version of the pod, or create a new pod, but we don't think it's possible.

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[paulinon]

Hi @vegaro,

I don't quite know how to answer your question yet, but I see that you have provided a use case for your scenario. Could you elaborate how the resolver would be involved in your process?

[vegaro]

We have a unity plugin that has some iOS and Android dependencies. We use EDM4U to handle these dependencies.

We wanted to do a private release for one of our customers. This private release involved updating the iOS dependency. We didn't want to release a new version of the pod, or create a new pod just for this. Ideally we would have created a new branch in our repository (or a tag) with these changes, without releasing a new pod. Cocoapods supports pointing to a commit, branch or tag, so it's technically possible to have the podfile of a project point at this modified dependency, but since the podfile is autogenerated by EDM4U, and EDM4U doesn't allow to point to a commit, branch or tag, we have to release a new version of the pod.

[paulinon]

Thanks for the additional context, @vegaro. Unity generates an Xcode project when building for iOS, so a scenario like this could be possible. After modifying your Podfile so that your pod points to the desired git branch, run the following:

pod repo update
pod install

I look forward to your results.

[chkuang-g]

I see. :git and :tag are not currently supported in EDM4U. Here are a list of pod attributes we support at the moment.

Should not be too difficult to add actually. Should be similar to this f759cd3.

BTW, are you planning to use Dependencies.xml? Or do you want to specify this programmatically using AddPod()?

Feel free to send us a PR. Or we will need to schedule some time in the future for this feature request.

Shawn