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==Appendix==

At one stage I had my local git repo outside my web root and needed to copy any changes I made to a separately installed local site. That needed a custom build file, shown here for reference:

===Create a build-local.xml file===

The Eclipse clone contains a build.xml file but it is used to test and build a downloadable zip file for a new installation. What I want to do is copy any changes I make to my cloned code to my test site on my laptop. Note that I only want to make changes to PHP code and not to Javascript or CSS. To do that I created a separate file named build-local.xml in the root of the project:

<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="joomla-cms" basedir="." default="main">
    <property file=".project" />

	<property name="joomladir" value="/Users/username/public_html/joomla-cms"  override="true" />
    
	<property name="srcdir" value="${project.basedir}" override="true" />

    <!-- Fileset for all files -->
    <fileset dir="${srcdir}" id="allfiles">
        <include name="administrator/**" />
        <include name="api/**" />
        <include name="cli/**" />
        <include name="components/**" />
        <include name="images/**" />
        <include name="includes/**" />
        <include name="language/**" />
        <include name="layouts/**" />
        <include name="libraries/**" />
        <include name="modules/**" />
        <include name="plugins/**" />
        <include name="templates/**" />
        <include name="index.php" />

        <exclude name="**/.*" />
    </fileset>

    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <!-- (DEFAULT) Target: main                        -->
    <!-- ============================================  -->
    <target name="main" description="main target">
        <copy todir="${joomladir}">
        	<fileset refid="allfiles" />
        </copy>
    </target>
</project>

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===Add a build tool===


* Right click on the project root and select Properties.
* Select Builders / New / Program / OK.
* Name: Local build with phing
* Location: wherever phing is installed. For me it is /usr/local/php5/bin/phing even though I am using PHP 7.4.
* Working Directory: Browse Workspace and select joomla-cms - comes out as ${workspace_loc:/joomla-cms}
* Arguments: -f build-local.xml
* Apply / OK
* In Builders: Apply and Close
* Project / Build Project
* See what happens:

<pre>
Buildfile: /Users/username/git/joomla-cms/build-local.xml
 [property] Loading /Users/username/git/joomla-cms/.project

joomla-cms > main:


BUILD FINISHED

Total time: 0.2121 seconds
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