[CB-4789] cordova tool should recognize when platforms/$plat directory is deleted

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Component/s: cordova-cli

Environment

Mac OSX 10.8.4, Cordova CLI 3.0.9, Xcode build tools 4.6.3 (also tried Xcode 5.0 build tools).

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Owen
• Created: 11/Sep/13 10:17
• Updated: 02/Dec/18 12:59
• Resolved: 02/Dec/18 12:59

Description

Steps:

cordova create Project com.foo.bar Project
cd Project
cordova platform add ios
cordova plugin add ...
rm -rf platforms/ios
cordova platform add ios

This leaves you in a bad state where things work, but plugins are not re-installed by platform add.

Maybe as a fix we should have some precondition checks before running commands. E.g. validate that our cached state-of-the-world matches reality. In this specific case, the `platform add ios` should first detect that ios was deleted and internally run `platform rm ios` first.

Issue Links

• relates to: CB-5218 config.json should also carry the the engine information