Script to archive an ipa from commandline - depends on xctool

archive_ipa.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -x

cd ${0%/*}/..

# codesigning and choosing of provisioning profile is configured via project settings and is dependent of build config

: ${BUILD_NUMBER:?"Need to set BUILD_NUMBER"}

WORKSPACE=<yourworkspace>.xcworkspace
SCHEME=<yourscheme>
ARCHIVEPATH=`pwd`/archive
IPA_NAME=<youroutputfilename>
PROJECT_BUILDDIR=${ARCHIVEPATH}/${IPA_NAME}.xcarchive/Products/Applications
DSYM_INPUT_PATH=${ARCHIVEPATH}/${IPA_NAME}.xcarchive/dSYMs
DSYM_ZIP_OUTPUT_PATH=${ARCHIVEPATH}/${IPA_NAME}.dSYM.zip

xctool -workspace ${WORKSPACE} -scheme ${SCHEME} archive -archivePath "${ARCHIVEPATH}/${IPA_NAME}"
xcrun -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication -v  "${PROJECT_BUILDDIR}"/*.app -o "${ARCHIVEPATH}/${IPA_NAME}.ipa"
# resigning not necessary, as building already uses correct codesigning and choosing of provisioning profile

# zipping dSYM for testflight upload
( cd ${DSYM_INPUT_PATH} ; zip -r -X ${DSYM_ZIP_OUTPUT_PATH} *.dSYM )

The script depends on xctool.

The script assumes the following project file structure:

project_dir/
    <yourworkspace>.xcworkspace
    scripts/
        archive_ipa.sh
    archive/
        <archive output files>