Clean File Templates for Xcode 4

When creating new classes through Xcode I tend to delete just about everything provided in the default file templates. The information in the comment block headers is better tracked by a source control system and I often don’t want the default method implementations. To support this I’ve created a set of file templates that include nothing but an #import appropriate for the base class and an empty @interface and @implementation.

To install these templates create ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates/File Templates if it doesn’t already exist and clone the GitHub repo into a sub-directory name of your choice (I use “Clean”). This directory name will appear as a category in Xcode’s new file dialog. Once installed you can use these instead of the normal Cocoa / Cocoa Touch templates and enjoy one less step when adding new classes to your project.