Why are my Xcode plugins (such as clang format) installed with Alcatraz no longer working after updating to new version of Xcode?

Question

Today I updated to Xcode 6.3.2 and I can\'t run the Clang code formatting – it seems like it\'s not even installed. Everytime I update Xcode, I have to reinstall Alcatraz and mo

Answer 1

It turns out, Xcode now has a whitelist / blacklist of bundles you enable. You can check it from the Terminal by running:

$ defaults read com.apple.dt.Xcode DVTPlugInManagerNonApplePlugIns-Xcode-6.3.2
{
allowed =     {
};
skipped =     {
    "com.mneorr.Alcatraz" =         {
        version = 1;
    };
    "com.onevcat.VVDocumenter-Xcode" =         {
        version = 1;
    };
    "com.travisjeffery.ClangFormat" =         {
        version = 1;
    };
};}

The bad news is that the prompt to load the bundles won’t show again, even if you reinstall Alcatraz. The fix is simple though, just delete the whitelist / blacklist by running:

defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode DVTPlugInManagerNonApplePlugIns-Xcode-6.3.2

and re-open Xcode to be prompted again (and this time make sure you click “Load Bundles”).

Orignal post here: Re-enable Alcatraz on Xcode 6.3.2 or newer