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After PR #126, xcode install
supports a custom path for Xcode's installation, but this path isn't directly used for the .xip expansion, using instead the same directory where it’s downloaded (~/Library/Application Support/com.robotsandpencils.xcodes/
)1. If this custom installation path is to a different volume than the .xip, this means that:
- Xcode.app must be first expanded and then moved to another volume, a relatively slow operation given its massive size.
- This installation requires double the free space than on a same-volume installation, because Xcode is first copied to the destination volume and only when it has finished it’s deleted from the original volume.
So I think it makes sense to expand the .xip directly on the final volume where Xcode will be installed (probably on the /.TemporaryItems
folder).
Would you accept a pull request for this? Thank you!
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I assume this is done to avoid having a partial Xcode installation on the destination folder, which sounds reasonable to me. ↩
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