[CB-5063] "Prepare" should not depend on the ~/.cordova/libs directory

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-cli
• Assignee: Mark Koudritsky
• Reporter: Andrew Grieve
• Created: 11/Oct/13 15:17
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:17
• Resolved: 26/Nov/13 22:40

Description

Look in src/metadata/*_parser.js

They all have logic in `update_www()` to copy the cordova.js file from util.libDirectory.

When users change machines, this turns into an error since the ~/.lib directory is not populated.

On iOS, the fix is trivial - a copy of cordova.js already exists at platforms/ios/CordovaLib/cordova.js

For other platforms, we could trivially fix the problem just by not blowing away the www/cordova.js file during prepare, but I think it would be better to not rely on that since likely people should not be committing the generated www/ into source control.

Instead, let's ensure that all platforms keep a copy of their cordova.js file within their platform/ directory and use copy that into www/ during prepare.

We could maybe even get rid of the custom logic entirely by putting the cordova.js file within `merges/` upon `platform add`.