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

My current solution is to rename the user's existing archives folder, run the build, and do a 'find' to copy the archives where i want, then delete the archives folder and rename the old folder back as it was, with code like this in my ruby build script:

# Move the existing archives out of the way
system('mv ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/OldArchivesTemp')
# Build the .app, the .DSYM, and the .xcarchive
system("xcodebuild -scheme \"#{scheme}\" clean build archive CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=\"#{build_destination_folder}\"")
# Find the xcarchive wherever it was placed and copy it where i want it
system("find ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives -name *.xcarchive -exec cp -r {} \"#{build_destination_folder}\" \";\"")
# Delete the new archives folder with this new xcarchive
system('rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives')
# Put the old archives back
system('mv ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/OldArchivesTemp ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives')

Its a bit hacky but i don't see a better solution currently. At least it preserves the user's 'archives' folder and all their pre-existing archives.

--Important note!--

I since found out that the line of code where i find the archive and cp it to the folder i want doesn't copy the symlinks inside the archive correctly, thus breaking the code signing in the app. You'll want to replace that with a 'mv' or something that maintains symlinks. Cheers!