Rename or Duplicating Xcode Projects

Rakesh Sharma

28 November 2023

Dear Reader,

We generally spend approximately half an hour to make a clone of any iOS Project. But today I am going to explain the easiest way in duplicating the projects.

To run the below script, must verify whether your system has already installed the open-source software package Homebrew.

To check this run the below command in the terminal:

brew -v

If your system has installed the Homebrew, it will display the version installed like below

Now we move forward to the 2nd step.

We need to install rename and ack formula using brew install command.

brew install rename

brew install ack

If you also want to check these formulas are already installed on your system. You can verify this using below commands in terminal.

which ack

which rename

It will give you the path of rename and ack formulas if you have already installed.

Create a .command script file for below script. Follow below steps to create:

Open TextEdit and create a new file

Convert it to plain text by clicking Format > Make Plain Text

Copy below script and paste to text file created in previous step. For example, you could do:

#! /bin/bash cd ~/Desktop mkdir WebkulFolder cd WebkulFolder

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#! /bin/bash

cd ~/Desktop

mkdir WebkulFolder

cd WebkulFolder

Run chmod u+x ~/Desktop/myScriptFile.command in your terminal, where ~/Desktop/myScriptFile.command is the path to your script and myScriptFile is the name of file. This will give the terminal permission to run the file.

You’re done! Double-click the file to run or drag over the terminal icon will also work.

I have mentioned an example here:

Points to remember:

Do not provide the space between the app name
Project output will be generated on the desktop.

Now run the below scripts and follow the steps

#! /bin/bash
if [[ $(command -v brew) == "" ]]; then
    echo 'Please Install Homebrew First'
    echo 'ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"'
elif [[ $(command which rename) == "" ]]; then
    echo 'Please Install Rename First'
    echo 'brew install rename'
elif [[ $(command which ack) == "" ]]; then
    echo 'Please Install ACK First'
    echo 'brew install ack'
else 
    cd ~/Desktop 

    echo  Enter App Name... It must not contains any space
    read Appname

    echo Enter Git Https Path
    read gitpath

    git clone $gitpath $Appname

    cd ~/Desktop/$Appname

    intialName="$(basename $(find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.xcodeproj'))"
    intialName=${intialName/.xcodeproj/''}

    find ~/Desktop/$Appname -name $intialName'*' -type d -execdir rename --subst-all $intialName $Appname '{}' \+

    find ~/Desktop/$Appname -name $intialName'*' -print0 | xargs -0 rename --subst-all $intialName $Appname

    ack --literal --files-with-matches $intialName --print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' 's/'$intialName'/'$Appname'/g'
    file=./Podfile
    if [ -e "$file" ]; then
        echo "File exists"
	pod deintegrate
        pod update
        open $Appname'.xcworkspace'
    else 
        echo "Pod File does not exist"
        open $Appname'.xcodeproj'
    fi 
    find . | grep .git | xargs rm -rf
fi

#! /bin/bash

if [[ $(command -v brew) == "" ]]; then

echo 'Please Install Homebrew First'

echo 'ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"'

elif [[ $(command which rename) == "" ]]; then

echo 'Please Install Rename First'

echo 'brew install rename'

elif [[ $(command which ack) == "" ]]; then

echo 'Please Install ACK First'

echo 'brew install ack'

else

cd ~/Desktop

echo Enter App Name... It must not contains any space

read Appname

echo Enter Git Https Path

read gitpath

git clone $gitpath $Appname

cd ~/Desktop/$Appname

intialName="$(basename $(find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.xcodeproj'))"

intialName=${intialName/.xcodeproj/''}

find ~/Desktop/$Appname -name $intialName'*' -type d -execdir rename --subst-all $intialName $Appname '{}' \+

find ~/Desktop/$Appname -name $intialName'*' -print0 | xargs -0 rename --subst-all $intialName $Appname

ack --literal --files-with-matches $intialName --print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' 's/'$intialName'/'$Appname'/g'

file=./Podfile

if [ -e "$file" ]; then

echo "File exists"

pod deintegrate

pod update

open $Appname'.xcworkspace'

else

echo "Pod File does not exist"

open $Appname'.xcodeproj'

find . | grep .git | xargs rm -rf

If you still face any issues, just comment below. I am waiting for your amazing feedback.