Implementing a fastlane plugin

Before we look at third-party action plugins, we will quickly examine the structure of a built-in plugin; in fact, one we have already implemented previously, add_git_tag (https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/blob/master/fastlane/lib/fastlane/actions/add_git_tag.rb). While we used it in the previous chapter, it helps to understand the inner workings of the plugin, as well as the available mandatory and optional parameters/arguments.

You can view documentation for a specific built-in plugin/action by calling fastlane action action_name; for instance:

$ fastlane action add_git_tag

This would return to Command Prompt:

Loading documentation for add_git_tag:

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|                                                   add_git_tag               ...