[CB-9525] Dependent plugins not restored with versions from config.xml

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.2.0
• Component/s: cordova-lib

Environment

OSX

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Darryl Pogue
• Created: 20/Aug/15 19:26
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:43
• Resolved: 29/Nov/17 06:49

Description

When I have a config.xml that uses a custom git branch of the cordova-plugin-file and the npm version of cordova-plugin-file-transfer, the npm version of cordova-plugin-file is installed before the git branch. This causes the app to use the npm version rather than the git branch as specified in config.xml.

Test case:
Create a new cordova project, replace the config.xml with the following, run cordova prepare.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="io.cordova.hellocordova" version="0.0.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
    <name>HelloCordova</name>
    <description>
        A sample Apache Cordova application that responds to the deviceready event.
    </description>
    <author email="[e-mail]" href="http://cordova.io">
        Apache Cordova Team
    </author>
    <content src="index.html" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" version="1" />
    <access origin="*" />
    <allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="tel:*" />
    <allow-intent href="sms:*" />
    <allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
    <allow-intent href="geo:*" />
    <platform name="android">
        <allow-intent href="market:*" />
    </platform>
    <platform name="ios">
        <allow-intent href="itms:*" />
        <allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />
    </platform>
    <engine name="android" spec="~4.1.1" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" spec="git://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file.git" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-transfer" spec="~1.2.1" />
</widget>

Issue Links

• duplicates: CB-10438 Plugin dependency version/spec is not used/ignored