Git not able to recognise addition of .xcscheme files in xcode project

Question

Added a new scheme corresponding to a test target in my xcode project. The new xcscheme file created is not getting reflected in git. Also doing a git status shows me nothing to commit, working directory clean .

Trying to add it through terminal by git add .xcscheme says

The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files: MyProject.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/MyProjectTests.xcscheme Use -f if you really want to add them

On verifying my .gitignore file, its completely blank.

I went through posts which asks to make the schemes shared but it did not help. Went through this thread, Bitbucket not showing changes in themes directory . But for me, there is no .git or .gitignore files inside either of the .xcodeproj file or xcschemes directory.

How to remove these restrictions so that I can add the new xcscheme file to the repo or is there any other settings that I need to modify?

Answer 1

You'll need to go into the "Manage Schemes" view and check off the 'Shared' checkbox

'Product' menu -> Scheme -> Manage Schemes

That will create the shared scheme files. Next, you'll need to make sure the files are not ignored by git.

You'll need to remove 'xcshareddata/xcschemes' from your ignore file and add them to the repo

or just use

'git add -f MyProject.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes'