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AGVTOOL(1)                               BSD General Commands Manual                              AGVTOOL(1)

NAME
     agvtool -- Apple-generic versioning tool for Xcode projects

SYNOPSIS
     agvtool what-version | vers [-terse]
     agvtool [-noscm | -usecvs | -usesvn] next-version | bump [-all]
     agvtool [-noscm | -usecvs | -usesvn] new-version [-all] versionNumber
     agvtool [-noscm | -usecvs | -usesvn] tag [-force | -F] [-noupdatecheck | -Q] [-baseurlfortag]
     agvtool what-marketing-version | mvers [-terse | -terse1]
     agvtool [-noscm | -usecvs | -usesvn] new-marketing-version version

DESCRIPTION
     agvtool helps speed up common operations for Xcode projects that use the Apple Generic Versioning sys-tem. system.
     tem.

     You enable versioning support by setting up some build settings in your project.

   Build Settings
     The settings used by the apple-generic versioning system are as follows:

     VERSIONING_SYSTEM         This must be set to ``apple-generic'' at the project level to enable version-ing. versioning.
                               ing.

     CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION   This setting defines the the current version of the project. The value must
                               be a integer or floating point number like 57 or 365.8.

     DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION     This setting defines the the current version of any framework built by the
                               project. Like CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION the value must be an integer or float-ing floating
                               ing point number like 57 or 365.8. By default it is set to
                               ``$(CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION)''.

     VERSION_INFO_PREFIX       Used as a prefix for the name of the version info symbol in the generated
                               versioning source file.  If you prefix your exported symbols you will proba-bly probably
                               bly want to set this to the same prefix.

     VERSION_INFO_SUFFIX       Used as a suffix for the name of the version info symbol in the generated
                               versioning source file.  This is rarely used.

     VERSION_INFO_BUILDER      This defines a reference to the user performing a build to be included in the
                               generated stub, and defaults to the value of the USER environment variable.

     VERSION_INFO_EXPORT_DECL  This defines a prefix string for the version info symbol declaration in the
                               generated stub. This can be used, for example, to add an optional `export'
                               keyword to the version symbol declaration. This should rarely be changed.

     VERSION_INFO_FILE         Used to specify a name for the source file that will be generated and com-piled compiled
                               piled into your product.  By default this is set to
                               ``$(PRODUCT_NAME)_vers.c''.

     To enable Apple Generic Versioning, then, you must set up at least the VERSIONING_SYSTEM and
     CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION project build settings for each project you want to be versioned.  The target
     of a versioned project will have two global variables generated and linked into your product.  One is
     of type double and is simply the CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION.  The other is a version string which is for-matted formatted
     matted to be compatible with what(1).  These variables are available for use in your code.

     Projects with multiple targets are required to have the same CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION for each target.
     The easiest way to achieve this is to set CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION at the project level.

   Usage
     agvtool should be invoked with the working directory set to your project directory (the folder contain-ing containing
     ing your .xcodeproj project file).

     agvtool pays attention to the following defaults for CVS usage: CVSEnabled and CVSToolPath.

     If CVSEnabled is set to YES then agvtool will perform certain CVS operations like committing modified
     project files and performing tagging operations.  You can set this default by issuing the following
     command:

           defaults write agvtool CVSEnabled YES

     The sense of this default can be overidden by supplying an explicit -noscm (which turns off CVS and
     Subversion usage), -usecvs (which turns on CVS usage and turns off Subversion usage), or -usesvn (which
     turns off CVS usage and turns on Subversion usage).

     Set CVSToolPath to point to the location of the cvs tool to use. If this default is not set then
     agvtool will use /usr/bin/ocvs if it exists. Otherwise /usr/bin/cvs will be used. You can set this
     default by issuing the following command:

           defaults write agvtool CVSToolPath pathToCVS

     agvtool pays attention to the following defaults for Subversion usage: SVNEnabled and SVNToolPath.

     If SVNEnabled is set to YES then agvtool will perform certain Subversion operations like committing
     modified project files and performing tagging operations.  You can set this default by issuing the fol-lowing following
     lowing command:

           defaults write agvtool SVNEnabled YES

     The sense of this default can be overidden by supplying an explicit -noscm (which turns off CVS and
     Subversion usage), -usecvs (which turns on CVS usage and turns off Subversion usage), or -usesvn (which
     turns off CVS usage and turns on Subversion usage).

     Set SVNToolPath to point to the location of the svn tool to use. If this default is not set then
     agvtool will use /usr/local/bin/svn if it exists. You can set this default by issuing the following
     command:

           defaults write agvtool SVNToolPath pathToSVN

   Commands And Options
     what-version | vers [-terse]
           Prints out the current version number of the project.

           The -terse option can be used to limit the output to the version number only.

     next-version | bump [-all]
           Increments the version numbers of all versioned targets to the next highest integral value.  For
           example, 54 will change to 55 and 234.6 will change to 235.

           The CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION and the DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION will be updated.  The -all option will
           also update the CFBundleVersion Info.plist key.

           If CVS support is enabled, the modified project file will be committed.

     new-version [-all version]
           Sets the version numbers of all versioned targets to the given version.

           The CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION and the DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION will be updated.  The -all option will
           also update the CFBundleVersion Info.plist key.

           If CVS support is enabled, the modified project file will be committed.

     tag [-force | -F] [-noupdatecheck | -Q] [-baseurlfortag]
           Create a new tag projectname-currentversion where projectname is the name of the Xcode project
           file (without the extension) and currentversion is the CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION with any `.'
           transformed into `~' (since CVS does not allow dots in tag names).

           The -force or -F option will add a -F to the tag operation.

           The -noupdatecheck or -Q option skips the cvs update usually done prior to tagging to ensure that
           there are no uncommitted changes.

           The -baseurlfortag option can be used to provide a URL that points to the directory to place the
           "tag" in when using Subversion. This overrides the SVNBaseTagURL default. This option is ignored
           if Subversion is not being used.

           Note: This command will only function if CVS or Subversion support is enabled.

     what-marketing-version | mvers [-terse]
           Prints the current marketing version of the project. For native targets, a marketing version is
           listed for each Info.plist file found. For Jambase targets a marketing version is shown if a com-mon common
           mon value is found.

           The marketing version is the CFBundleShortVersionString Info.plist key. This is often a totally
           different version determined by product marketing folks.

           The -terse option will limit the output to the version number only.

           The -terse1 option will limit the output to the first version number found, and only display the
           version number.

     new-marketing-version version
           Sets the marketing version numbers of all versioned targets to the given version number.

           The marketing version is the CFBundleShortVersionString Info.plist key. This is often a totally
           different version determined by product marketing folks.

           If CVS support is enabled, the modified project file will be committed.

           Do not use this command on a project with targets that track different marketing versions.

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