[Error: Current working directory is not a Cordova-based project.]

Question

I created a Phonegap project according to instructions, checked it into SVN, checked it out and then discovered I could no longer run the build command--necessary to have changes to www be replicated to each platform. Terminal in Mac OS X shows this error:

[Error: Current working directory is not a Cordova-based project.]

Answer 1

Yes as others have stated already you need to check into your SVN a few config files and folders in order to make PhoneGap work when you check it out. This is what defines a PhoneGap project:

• Has a .cordova directory, with a config.json inside.
• Has a www directory, with a config.xml inside.
• Has a platforms directory.

I found that with that in place you can use PhoneGap commands without problems. If you need to see an example of those config files, just run phonegap create myapp.