random inspirational thoughts for ad-hoc IPA deployment

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+I don't quite understand how jenkins plugin's are made (looks confusing...)  but you guys seem to be itching for ideas on other ways to install the IPA's..
+
+There is no issues page, so I will just post this in a a text file and make a pull request...  let me know if / how I can help...
+
+This is just a shell script i use to install IPA's onto MY device...  it's jailbroken and I DO NOT have an Apple Developer account..  It uses the `installipa` executable available on cydia on the device..
+
+I just use a self-signed codesign identity inside of xcode... and "Build for Running"
+
+As a script phase of the target... I source the file with this script...
+
+```shell
+. ~/dotfiles/installonipad.sh
+````
+
+then call...
+
+```shell
+installonipad "${CODESIGNING_FOLDER_PATH}" | logger
+```
+```shell
+installonipad(){
+
+      [email protected]   # local wifi address
+   APPNAME=$(basename $1 .app)   # derives from arg1
+INSTALLDIR=/var/mobile/Downloads # arbitrary folder
+       IPA="$APPNAME.ipa"
+  BUNDLEID=$(defaults read "$1/Info.plist" CFBundleIdentifier)  # uses defaults to read plist
+
+    cd    	"$1/.."
+    rm -r 	Payload # clean up
+    rm -r 	"$IPA"
+ mkdir -p 	Payload # ipa skeleton
+    cp -r 	"$1" Payload/
+   zip -r 	"$IPA" Payload #package
+logger 		"IPA is $IPA bundleID is $BUDLEID"
+   scp 		"$IPA" $IPAD:$INSTALLDIR/ # keys are already installed on dev machine / ipad
+   ssh -Y 	$IPAD "installipa -f $INSTALLDIR/$IPA; open $BUNDLEID"
+}
+```
+
+This does everything, in 0 steps, except open the app (and I think you can get a Cydia app that does that too!).
+
+Hope this can be an inspiration or other motivation for new ways to do it.
+
+
+PS.  I can't even figure out how to get a device to be listed with the plugin!  Needs some instructions.