Removing 'install' command; semantics were poorly defined could damage a typical OTP installation

src/rebar_otp_app.erl

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 -module(rebar_otp_app).
 
 -export([compile/2,
-         clean/2,
-         install/2]).
+         clean/2]).
 
 -include("rebar.hrl").
 
@@ -67,88 +66,10 @@ clean(_Config, File) ->
     end.
 
 
-install(Config, File) ->
-    %% If we get an .app.src file, it needs to be pre-processed and
-    %% written out as a ebin/*.app file. That resulting file will then
-    %% be validated as usual.
-    case rebar_app_utils:is_app_src(File) of
-        true ->
-            AppFile = preprocess(File);
-        false ->
-            AppFile = File
-    end,
-
-    %% Load the app name and version from the .app file and construct
-    %% the app identifier
-    {ok, AppName, AppData} = rebar_app_utils:load_app_file(AppFile),
-
-    %% Validate the .app file prior to installation
-    validate_name(AppName, AppFile),
-    validate_modules(AppName, proplists:get_value(modules, AppData)),
-
-    %% Get the target directory. The user can specify a target= directory
-    %% on the command line for convenience, or it defaults to the Erlang
-    %% install dir
-    TargetDir = rebar_config:get_global(target, code:lib_dir()),
-
-    %% Pull out the vsn and construct identifier
-    Vsn = proplists:get_value(vsn, AppData),
-    AppId = ?FMT("~s-~s", [AppName, Vsn]),
-    ?CONSOLE("Installing: ~s to ~s\n", [AppId, TargetDir]),
-
-    %% Check the erlang lib directory to see if this app identifier
-    %% is already present.
-    AppDir = filename:join([TargetDir, AppId]),
-    case filelib:is_dir(AppDir) of
-        true ->
-            %% Already exists -- check for force=1 global flag and only
-            %% continue if it's set
-            case rebar_config:get_global(force, "0") of
-                "0" ->
-                    ?ERROR("~s already exists. Installation failed.\n", [AppId]),
-                    ?FAIL;
-                "1" ->
-                    ?WARN("~s already exists, but forcibly overwriting.\n", [AppId])
-            end;
-        false ->
-            ok
-    end,
-
-    %% Wipe out any previous versions
-    ok = rebar_file_utils:rm_rf(AppDir),
-
-    %% Re-create target
-    ok = rebar_file_utils:mkdir_p(AppDir),
-
-    %% By default we copy the ebin, include, src and priv directories (if they exist)
-    Files = [F || F <- ["ebin", "src", "priv", "include"],
-                  filelib:last_modified(F) /= 0],
-    ok = rebar_file_utils:cp_r(Files, AppDir),
-
-    %% Check the config to see if we have any binaries that need to be
-    %% linked into the erlang path
-    case rebar_config:get_list(Config, app_bin, []) of
-        [] ->
-            ok;
-        List ->
-            %% code:root_dir() gives $OTPROOT/lib/erlang on a stock install
-            %% so find the bin dir relative to that.
-            BinDir = filename:join([code:root_dir(), "..", "..", "bin"]),
-            install_binaries(List, AppDir, BinDir)
-    end.
-
-
 %% ===================================================================
 %% Internal functions
 %% ===================================================================
 
-install_binaries([], _AppDir, _BinDir) ->
-    ok;
-install_binaries([Bin | Rest], AppDir, BinDir) ->
-    FqBin = filename:join([AppDir, Bin]),
-    rebar_file_utils:ln_sf(FqBin, BinDir),
-    install_binaries(Rest, AppDir, BinDir).
-
 preprocess(AppSrcFile) ->
     case rebar_app_utils:load_app_file(AppSrcFile) of
         {ok, AppName, AppData} ->