Accidentally ran pod update instead of pod install. Is there any way to revert?

Question

I accidentally ran pod update instead of pod install, and now I have compile errors in my project.

Is there any easy way of reverting to my previous pods?

I'm thinking of hacking it -- I have my Podfile.lock file under source control, so I can grab the version numbers off that, then lock down the Podfile to those numbers e.g.:

pod 'AFNetworking', '2.6.3'

But is there a simple command like pod revert or pod undo or something?

Otherwise I'll probably just suck it up and update my project code to be compatible to the new pods.

Answer 1

If you use git or other version control system, just reset changes in Podfile.lock and run $ pod install in terminal.

Answer 2

You can go through the version changes in the pod install's output and rewrite your podfile with the desired versions.

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For example:

In pod install output below, SwiftSpinner was updated from 0.9.5 to 1.0.2

Therefore, in the podfile change the line

pod 'SwiftSpinner'

to

pod 'SwiftSpinner', '0.9.5'

and run pod update again.

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Now, you might get errors reverting certain pods:

[!] Unable to satisfy the following requirements:

- `Realm (= 1.0.2)` required by `Podfile`

- `Realm (= 1.1.0)` required by `Podfile.lock`

In such a case, close Xcode, delete your podfile and run pod install again.

Answer 3

The best way is to remove the pods directory from your project and update and install it again.

rm -rf Pods 
bundle exec pod repo update
bundle exec pod install

Answer 4

Remove the following files and folders:
- xcworkspace
- Podfile.lock
- Pods (Folder)

After, run:

$ pod install

This seems like something risky, but really it is not. I do it all the time