Xcode new build system debugging tricks

xcbuild-debugging-tricks.md

New Build System Tricks

Command Line

# enable internal menu
defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode ShowDVTDebugMenu -book YES

alias xcbuild=$(xcode-select -p)/../SharedFrameworks/XCBuild.framework/Versions/A/Support/xcbuild
# THIS DOESNT WORK YET: xcbuild openIDEConsole  # … then switch to Xcode ➡️
xcbuild showSpecs
xcbuild build <foo.pif> [—target <target>]

IDE Console

open with Internal > XCBuild Console

writePIF <workspace name> <path>
        # … you can use this with the `xcbuild build …` command to build via the service directly
showStatistics
clearAllCaches
setConfig EnableBuildDebugging true
	# … then save DerivedData & build log

-book YES should be -bool YES.