Pod Version Manager

podenv allows you to easily install, and switch between multiple versions of CocoaPods, without managing Ruby.

podenv allows you to:

• Change the global CocoaPods version, per user.
• Set a per-project CocoaPods version.
• Allows you to override the CocoaPods version with an environmental variable.

Installation

Via Homebrew

You can install podenv using the Homebrew package manager.

$ brew install kylef/formulae/podenv

Via a Git clone

1. Check out podenv, we recommend ~/.podenv (but it can be installed elsewhere as long as you set PODENV_ROOT).

   $ git clone https://github.com/kylef/podenv.git ~/.podenv

2. Configure environment.

   For Bash:

   $ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.podenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

   For ZSH:

   $ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.podenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshenv

   For Fish:

   $ echo 'setenv PATH "$HOME/.podenv/bin" $PATH' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

3. Restart your shell so the changes take effect.

Usage

Getting Started

Once you've installed podenv, you can install a specific version of CocoaPods using the install command:

$ podenv install 1.0.0.beta.2

Alternatively, you can install the version specified in the local Podfile.lock file using the following:

$ podenv install

Then you can continue to use CocoaPods as you normally would, podenv which automatically switch to the correct version locked from your Podfile.lock when you run it.

$ pod --version
1.0.0.beta.2

Commands

version

Displays the current active CocoaPods version and why it was chosen.

$ podenv version
0.39.0 (set by Podfile.lock)

versions

Lists all installed CocoaPods versions, showing an asterisk next to the currently active version.

$ podenv versions
* 0.39.0 (set by Podfile.lock)
  1.0.0.beta.2

global

Sets the global version of CocoaPods to be used by writing to the ~/.podenv/version file. This version can be overridden by application-specific Podfilefile, or by setting the COCOAPODS_VERSION environment variable.

$ podenv global 1.0.0.beta.2
$ podenv global
1.0.0.beta.2

install

Installs a version of CocoaPods.

$ podenv install 1.0.0.beta.2

Listing all available versions

$ podenv install --list
1.0.0.beta.2
1.0.0.beta.1
0.39.0
0.39.0.rc.1
...

Installing Unreleased Versions

It's also possible to install directly from a branch found on the CocoaPods repository:

$ podenv install --branch 0.39-stable

The version inside podenv will be the branch name, for example 0.39-stable.

You can explicitly use this version via the environ variable, for example:

$ env COCOAPODSPOD_VERSION=0.39-stable pod

NOTE: You may also use --repo to install from a different GitHub remote.

uninstall

Uninstalls a specific CocoaPods version.

$ podenv uninstall 1.0.0.beta.2

exec

Runs an executable with the selected CocoaPods version. For example, this can be used to install CocoaPods plugins.

$ podenv exec gem install cocoapods-bugsnag