xcversion install not installing correct version Xcode

[H2wk]

Hi

Tried to update to Xcode 11.4 last night. Updated xcversion list:

Installed xcversion install 11.4

Download was successful, signature passed, and install was successful.

Looking a bit more closely you can see the build identifier is for Xcode 11.4 beta 3

On running xcversion list it appears to have gotten confused with versions.

Hope someone has some ideas around this.

[yoxisem544]

having this problem too. Installing 11.4 (11N132i) but never intall 11.4 (11E146) the right version.

[Kesin11]

This problem comes from installed Xcode binary does not have any information about itself is a prerelease version (ex: beta, RC) or official version.

xcversion list compare between list of "Xcode" and "InstalledXcode".
"Xcode" created from fetched Developer portal response.. It have version name (ex: 11.4 beta 3).
"InstalledXcode" created from local machine "/Application" and It provides two of versions. ":version" made by "xcodebuild -v" and ":bundle_version: made by Info.plist inside of Xcode app.
So we have not any information to match exactly two of Xcode list.

One workaround is creating new version identifier in "InstalledXcode" that made from installed Xcode app name. The path of Xcode 11.4 beta 3 is "/Applications/Xcode-11.4.beta.3.app", so it is possible to determine if it is the beta version or not.
Of course, if installed Xcode app is renamed, it will not be able to be correctly identified.

[robertwijas]

Fix has been recently merged to master. #382
Does it mean that it didn't fix the problem?

[SzymonMrozek]

@robertwijas Yes, it seems that this still installs beta instead release version

[alejandroivan]

Looks like using xcversion install 11.4 chooses whatever version first matches 11.4, but xcversion install 11.4beta is invalid. Probably searching for 11.4 exactly and then match if there isn't any exact match should be enough for it to work correctly.