Documents the new command to ensure cordova dependencies are installed

History.md

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
   your app to produce some warnings if your plugins are using old Swift code. 
   You can override the Swift version using 
   `App.setPreference('SwiftVersion', 4.2);` but we don't recommend that.
+
+* New command to ensure that Cordova dependencies are installed. Usage: 
+  `meteor ensure-cordova-dependencies`. Meteor handles this automatically but in 
+  some cases, like running in a CI, is useful to install them in advance.
 
 * You can now pass an `--exclude-archs` option to the `meteor run` and
   `meteor test` commands to temporarily disable building certain web

tools/cli/commands-cordova.js

@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ main.registerCommand({
   maxArgs: Infinity,
   requiresApp: true,
   catalogRefresh: new catalog.Refresh.Never(),
-}, function () {
+}, function (options) {
+  Console.setVerbose(!!options.verbose);
+
   ensureDevBundleDependencies();
+  Console.info("Cordova dependencies are installed.");
 });

tools/cli/help.txt

@@ -343,6 +343,12 @@ Usage: meteor list-platforms
 
 Lists all of the platforms added to your project.
 
+>>> ensure-cordova-dependencies
+Ensure that Cordova dependencies are installed.
+Usage: meteor ensure-cordova-dependencies
+
+Check if the dependencies are installed, otherwise install them.
+
 >>> configure-android
 Run the Android configuration tool from Meteor's ADK environment.
 Usage: meteor configure-android