Build instead of Prepare

[dylanvdmerwe]

Normally cordova prepare would be enough however, for example, Ionic 2 requires a compilation step to compile (using gulp) TypeScript and SCSS to create the www directory.

When using the code-push release-cordova command it runs cordova prepare for you, however with Ionic 2 no new changes would be compiled into the platform's www directory.

Maybe think about running a complete cordova build step in order to ensure all scripts and everything is ready for the appropriate platform for the release-cordova command?

[geof90]

That makes sense. I guess one way we could get it to work could be a CLI flag eg. code-push release-cordova --build, if --build is provided, it runs cordova build instead of cordova prepare?

[dylanvdmerwe]

Sounds good to me!

[lostintangent]

So does Ionic 2 add before/after build hooks to Cordova which trigger your Gulp scripts? If so, it definitely seems like a great solution for us to allow triggering cordova build instead of cordova prepare in the release-cordova command.

[dylanvdmerwe]

Yes, ionic 2 only triggers an update of the platform's www folder on build not prepare.

[lostintangent]

OK cool, we'll take care of this change this week. Apologies for the inconvenience!