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Should ".xccheckout" files be checked into source control?
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Should ".xccheckout" files be checked into source control?


  • Subject: Should ".xccheckout" files be checked into source control?
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:25:37 -0700

Xcode 5 creates new files inside the project package, with paths like
	Foo.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/Foo.xccheckout
They’re XML plists and seem to contain info about the repository and submodules (at least in the case of Git).

I cannot figure out if these should be checked into version control or not.

Reasons for:
* Xcode’s own commit sheet shows them in the list of files to commit, if they’ve changed
* They’re explicitly in “xcshareddata” not in “xcuserdata”

Reasons against:
* They only seem to contain information _about_ the repository, which Xcode can glean by asking the version-control tool; not any new information.
* I’ve seen them contain user-specific data like absolute filesystem paths.

Any idea? Or can anyone describe what purpose they might serve?

—Jens
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