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Xcode invocation tool - xed

xed is a command-line tool that launches the Xcode application and opens the given documents (xcodeproj, xcworkspace, etc.), or opens a new document, optionally with the contents of standard input.

If you work from the command line, this tool is a better option than open (which can open Xcode projects as well). Why?

• xed knows about the current selected Xcode version (open behaves unpredictably if you have multiple Xcode installed)
• You can use it open all files from a specific commit (with a little help explained below). It is useful on code-reviews or when you want to explore significant changes in the repository
• You can use it as a "quick open" helper. Helps with monorepo phenomena, when you have hundreds of projects in the repository (I will show you an example below)

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tell application "System Events"
	if (name of processes) contains "Xcode" then
		-- Check if Xcode is already the active/focused application
		if (name of first application process whose frontmost is true) is not "Xcode" then
			tell application "Xcode 16.2 (Beta)"
				activate
				
				delay 0.25 -- Wait for Xcode to become active
			end tell
		end if