Cordova 5.0.0: Which files should I commit to git?

Question

I use Cordova 5.0.0 and i have the following project structure:

MyProject
    - hooks
    - platforms
    - plugins
    - resources
    - www
    - config.xml


        

Answer 1

It depends on the platforms.

You can use this example of .gitignore and customize according to your needs.

# Mac
.DS_Store

# iOS
platforms/ios/build/
platforms/ios/www/
platforms/ios/cordova/console.log
*.xcuserdatad

# android
platforms/android/assets/www
platforms/android/bin
platforms/android/gen
platforms/android/local.properties
platforms/android/ant-build
platforms/android/ant-gen
platforms/android/CordovaLib/ant-build
platforms/android/CordovaLib/ant-gen
platforms/android/CordovaLib/bin
platforms/android/CordovaLib/gen
platforms/android/CordovaLib/local.properties

# wp8
platforms/wp8/bin
platforms/wp8/obj
platforms/wp8/www
platforms/wp8/.staging
platforms/wp8/*.suo
platforms/wp8/*.csproj.user

# res
resources/signing

Answer 2

Most of the other answers are 2/3 years old.

2019 Update:

# remove extension less files
*
!/**/
!*.*

# intermediate files
node_modules/
build/
obj/
Debug/
bin/
package-lock.json
.vs
.gradle
.idea
*.exe

# res
**/resources/signing

# project specific
**/dist/
**/all.min.js

# ========== Cordova - platforms
# android
# platforms/android/app/src/main/assets
# platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
# platforms/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-*
# platforms/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-*
# platforms/android/app/src/main/res/xml/config.xml
# browser
# platforms/browser/app/src/main/assets
# platforms/browser/config.xml
# platforms/browser/www
#
# ========== Cordova - plugins - remove all except json & xml
# plugins/**/.DS_Store
# plugins/**/*.cs
# plugins/**/*.h
# plugins/**/*.java
# plugins/**/*.js
# plugins/**/*.m
# plugins/**/*.map
# plugins/**/*.md
# plugins/**/*.modulemap
# plugins/**/*.ts
# plugins/**/LICENSE
# plugins/**/NOTICE
# plugins/**/*.gradle
# plugins/**/tests/

As you can see I commented most of the lines ( all lines starting with # ). This is because I ran into issues with plugin version changes, and decided to know what is happening with plugin updates. Essentially all platform & plugin files are included in commit, now my life is peaceful.

2019:
I stated with this.

After developing & publishing the app, it became below:
(If you deviate from below, comment below, we can learn from each other)

# remove extension less files
*
!/**/
!*.*

# intermediate files
node_modules/
build/
obj/
Debug/
bin/
package-lock.json
.vs
.gradle
.idea
*.exe

# Cordova - platforms
platforms

# Cordova - plugins - remove all except json & xml
plugins/**/.DS_Store
plugins/**/*.cs
plugins/**/*.h
plugins/**/*.java
plugins/**/*.js
plugins/**/*.m
plugins/**/*.map
plugins/**/*.md
plugins/**/*.modulemap
plugins/**/*.ts
plugins/**/LICENSE
plugins/**/NOTICE
plugins/**/*.gradle
plugins/**/tests/

# res
**/resources/signing

# project specific
**/dist/
**/all.min.js

Answer 3

I don't know the answer, but I've found something that might help. This pull request was approved.

Here's the file :

# Mac
.DS_Store

# Node
npm-debug.log
/node_modules

# Cordova
/platforms
/plugins

# res
resources/signing

Answer 4

You can save platform and plugin afterwards by using following commands.

platform mass saving

$ cordova platform save

Plugins mass saving

$ cordova plugin save

Kindly note that there is no -- in above commands

One More thing, after fetching repo on another machine you just run following command to generate and fetch plugins and platforms automatically

$ cordova prepare

For more reference visit the links below. https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/platform_plugin_versioning_ref/#mass-saving-platforms-on-an-existing-project

Cordova Tip: Always refer to official docs before before anything else to get the right solution.

Answer 5

I add to the Niko list :

# IntelliJ IDEA files
*.iml
.idea

#windows
Thumbs.db
Desktop.ini

and

*.sw[mnpcod]
*.log
*.tmp
*.tmp.*
log.txt

Answer 6

I followed these steps:

• create cordova project

• add platforms

• add plugins

Before build project, I commit and push generated files. After I build project and check for new files generated. I got these to add in .gitignore:

/platforms/android/gradlew.bat

/platforms/android/build

/platforms/android/gradle

/platforms/android/libs

/platforms/android/gradlew.bat

/platforms/android/CordovaLib/build

/platforms/android/.gradle