[bug]: Running flutterfire configure changes values in project.pbxproj each time

[OutdatedGuy]

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Description

Each time the flutterfire configure command is ran for ios platform, the upload-crashlytics-symbols and script changes in the ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj file.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a flutter project with ios platform
2. Initialize with git and make a temporary commit (To later see changes)
3. Run flutterfire configure --project={{project_name}} --platforms="ios" -y; command
4. Commit these changes (To ignore the extra added files if any during comparison)
5. Repeat step 3
6. Stage the ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj file.
7. Repeat step 3
8. See there are changes in staged and current file.

Expected behavior

The script should change the values in ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj file each time the command is ran.

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[russellwheatley]

Yes, that's because we rewrite that script each time. We do it because we want to be sure that if there are any updates to that script (i.e changes to the flutterfire upload symbol function call), it will defacto update it.

[OutdatedGuy]

Ok, but it's very annoying that it changes the content without actually having any difference in the upload symbols script.

If you re-write the script each time, can you first check the current script contents and only update if there is a difference.

Else, anytime I run that script (changing from dev to prod to staging, etc.), I manually have to check if there is any difference in the script. If there is I have to commit those changes or else discard if they are same.

Because I cannot always add those changes into commit unnecessarily.