fixbraces

Fixbraces

A command line app that puts the opening brace for an Objective-C code block on the same line as the opening clause.

Xcode is inconsistent about the placement of braces for code that it inserts for us. Sometimes it puts the opening braces on the same line, sometimes it puts it on the next line. I prefer it to be on the opening line. This command line app makes it easy to change selected source files, or all the files in a folder, or even run with the dry-run option to see what files would be changed.

Installation

From Rubygems

$ gem install fixbraces

From source

Clone the repository and then build and install it:

rake install

Usage

Once it is installed, you can run it from the command line. Either pass it the current directory ('.') or a path to a directory that contains source file. Alternatively, pass it a list of files.

You can pass it a directory:

fixbraces aDirectory

or even use '.' for the current directory:

fixbraces .

Apply it ot a single file:

fixbraces aDirectory/SourceFile.m

or a number of files:

fixbraces aDirectory/*.m

If you just want to see what files would be changed, then use the --dry-run, or -d option:

fixbraces -d .

Run fixbraces --help for details.

Fixbraces Changelog

1.3.0

• Add the --dry-run, -d option to list the files that would change, but make no actual corrections.

1.2.0

• Error and exit if no file or directory is passed to the script
• Print a message and gracefully handle non-existent path or directory

1.0.0

• List the changed files.

0.9.0

• Initial version.

Disclaimer

I have tests, you can see them for yourself. The script works, but I'm aggressive about using version control, so if anything did get messed up I'm not left in an unrecoverable state.

I suggest you do the same.

Contributing

• Fork it
• Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
• Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
• Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
• Create new Pull Request

License

Standard MIT license. Knock yourself out.