[CB-5006] Allow installing plugins by ID to resolve to local plugin directories

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-plugman
• Assignee: Mark Koudritsky
• Reporter: Andrew Grieve
• Created: 07/Oct/13 17:34
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:28
• Resolved: 30/Jan/14 18:48

Description

ML: http://markmail.org/thread/3w77elhdnidcdyxq

Instead of always hitting the registry when installing a plugin by ID, first see if it exists within the "plugin search path".

The plugin search path should be specified in the same way as other plugman registry settings:
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugman.git;a=blob;f=src/registry/registry.js;h=ccdd45ab672abe99a731b9fe0aed8837db40d6f0;hb=f240acc532f93bdf16761836d9b7418373afebec#l239

The search path should point to directories that contain directories that contain plugin.xml files. E.g., on start-up, plugman will need to scan on level deep in all search paths for plugin.xml files and parse out their IDs.

We should be sure to have a console message upon installation that says where plugins are being installed from.

Issue Links

• breaks: CB-5983 cordova plugin add --searchpath isn't in cordova help
• is related to: CB-5101 Is there a fully offline installer package for Cordova?