Platforms and Plugins Version Management
Platforms and Plugins Version Management
From version 4.3.0 onwards, Cordova provides the ability to save and restore platforms and plugins.
This feature allows developers to save and restore their app to a known state without having to check in all of the platform and plugin source code.
When adding a platform or plugin, details about the app's platform and plugin versions are automatically saved in config.xml and package.json. It is possible to add a platform or plugin by editing package.json or config.xml directly, assuming you know the right tags + syntax. It is not possible to remove plugins or platforms in this manner. The recommended method of adding and removing plugins and platforms is with the command line cordova commands cordova plugin add|remove ... and cordova platform add|remove ... to avoid any out of sync issues.
The 'restore' step happens automatically when a
