使用 Homebrew 安装 swiftgen

项目链接

• 主页

命令和别名

• swiftgen

项目历史

The SwiftGen repository was created in July 2015. Its README presents the project as a generator that removes stringly typed resource lookups by producing Swift constants and APIs from project files.

The project developed around a configuration-first workflow. The documented `swiftgen.yml` file describes parsers, inputs, templates, and outputs, which made SwiftGen easy to pin in repositories and run from Xcode build phases.

采用历史

Official installation documentation covers ZIP releases committed into a project, CocoaPods, Homebrew, Mint, and source builds. That set reflects a common Swift tooling pattern: either pin the binary inside the project or install it system-wide through a developer package manager.

The input package facts list Homebrew availability, and GitHub release metadata shows public releases at least as far back as the 0.5.x and 0.6.x series in 2016.

使用方式

Common usage is `swiftgen config run` or simply `swiftgen` from a project root containing `swiftgen.yml`. Teams usually run it in an Xcode script phase so generated Swift files stay synchronized with assets and localization files.

SwiftGen is also used directly with parser subcommands when developing templates or testing one resource type, but the README recommends configuration-file usage for normal projects.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

SwiftGen is important to package-oriented Swift workflows because it turns app resources into generated source and therefore has to be versioned like a compiler-adjacent build tool. A different SwiftGen version can change generated APIs, so teams care about pinning and reproducible installation.

It also sits at the intersection of package managers and IDE builds: CocoaPods can install the binary beside dependencies, Homebrew can provide a system command, and checked-in release ZIPs can lock a project to one tool version.

时间线

• 2015: GitHub repository created.
• 2016: GitHub release metadata includes 0.5.x and 0.6.x releases.
• 2024: GitHub release metadata lists 6.6.3.

Related projects

• Related Swift build tools include SwiftLint, SwiftFormat, Stencil templates, CocoaPods, Mint, and Xcode script build phases.

来源

• https://api.github.com/repos/SwiftGen/SwiftGen
• https://github.com/SwiftGen/SwiftGen#readme
• https://github.com/SwiftGen/SwiftGen/blob/stable/Documentation/ConfigFile.md
• input.source_facts.package-manager