Generate xcarchive into a specific folder from the command line

Question

For the purposes of CI, I need to be able to generate an XCARCHIVE and an IPA file in our nightly build. The IPA is for our testers, to be signed with our ad-hoc keys, and t

Answer 1

Xcode 5 now supports an -archivePath option:

xcodebuild -scheme myscheme archive -archivePath /path/to/AppName.xcarchive

You can also now export a signed IPA from the archive you just built:

xcodebuild -exportArchive -exportFormat IPA -exportProvisioningProfile my_profile_name -archivePath /path/to/AppName.xcarchive -exportPath /path/to/AppName.ipa