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Summary:
Dear Xcoderinos,

Please consider the attached project. It contains two targets: a macOS app (“test”) and a macOS command line program (“cmdline”). The test app depends on the cmdline program.

I build the project from the command line, then try to export a Developer ID signed app. Here’s my command line:

    rm -rf build && xcodebuild -jobs 8 -scheme test -configuration Release -derivedDataPath build -archivePath build/test-1.xcarchive archive && xcodebuild -exportArchive -exportOptionsPlist options.plist -archivePath build/test-1.xcarchive -exportPath build

The exportArchive command fails with this error:

    error: exportArchive: exportOptionsPlist error for key 'method': expected one of {}, but found developer-id

    Error Domain=IDEFoundationErrorDomain Code=1 "exportOptionsPlist error for key 'method': expected one of {}, but found developer-id" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=exportOptionsPlist error for key 'method': expected one of {}, but found developer-id}

But the problem is **not** my method setting. The problem is the file build/test-1.xcarchive/Products/usr/local/bin/cmdline.

I can prevent the earlier archive command from creating this file by setting SKIP_INSTALL = NO for the cmdline target. If I do that, then the exportArchive command succeeds.

Please change the xcodebuild -exportArchive command to describe what part of the archive is preventing the export.

Thanks,
Rob


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Do that stuff I described above.


Expected Results:
A helpful error message.


Actual Results:
An unhelpful error message.


Version:
macOS 10.12.6 (16G29) / Xcode 9.2 beta (9C34b)

Notes:
I found some guidance in https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2215/_index.html but the note doesn’t mention setting Skip Install for command-line targets, only for static libraries.  It would be great to update the note to also mention command-line targets, and then the exportArchive command could link to the note in its error message.