How to change the header comment for swift file

Question

Custom the header comment for every project.

I created a plist file called IDETemplateMacros.plist and it's custom the header comment for all project but I need custom header for specific project, not for all the project and revert the custom text macro to default.

//
//  CategoryViewController.swift
//  ToDoey
//
//  Created by Swetha on 28/01/19.
//  Copyright © 2019 Swetha. All rights reserved.
//

to

//Hey..CategoryViewController.swift

I deleted the IDETemplateMacros.plist but it doesn't revert the text macro to default.

I expect the default text macro.

Answer 1

You can override the text macros globally, or for an individual workspace or project. You can also decide to keep the macros for a single user or share it for all users.

The full list of locations that Xcode searches, in order of priority:

- Project - single user

<ProjectName>.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/[username].xcuserdatad/

- Project - shared by all users

<ProjectName>.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/

- Workspace - single user

<WorkspaceName>.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/[username].xcuserdatad/

- Workspace - shared by all users

<WorkspaceName>.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/

- Globally for Xcode

~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/

I don't remember what was the default template but you can make a template in anyway you like using textMacros:

//  ___FILENAME___
//  ___PACKAGENAME___
//
//  Created by ___FULLUSERNAME___ on ___DATE___.
//  ___COPYRIGHT___
//

There are some other textMacros if you like more customization, but these are enough for making something like the default one.