flutter <build> <ios> regenerates plugins multiple times? #157391
Description
To reproduce:
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/flutter_plugins.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/flutter_plugins.dart
index 67e9799087..0f543219f5 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/flutter_plugins.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/flutter_plugins.dart
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ Future<void> refreshPluginsList(
bool macOSPlatform = false,
bool forceCocoaPodsOnly = false,
}) async {
+ print('>>> refreshPluginList() ::: ${StackTrace.current}');
final List<Plugin> plugins = await findPlugins(project);
// Sort the plugins by name to keep ordering stable in generated files.
plugins.sort((Plugin left, Plugin right) => left.name.compareTo(right.name));
And then create and run an iOS (and I believe, MacOS) build:
$ flutter create . --platforms ios
>>> refreshPluginList() :: refreshPluginsList (package:flutter_tools/src/flutter_plugins.dart:1103:51)
#1 FlutterProject.ensureReadyForPlatformSpecificTooling (package:flutter_tools/src/project.dart:373:11)
#2 FlutterProject.regeneratePlatformSpecificTooling (package:flutter_tools/src/project.dart:344:12)
#3 FlutterCommand.verifyThenRunCommand (package:flutter_tools/src/runner/flutter_command.dart:1793:21)
>>> refreshPluginList() ::: #0 refreshPluginsList (package:flutter_tools/src/flutter_plugins.dart:1103:51)
#1 processPodsIfNeeded (package:flutter_tools/src/macos/cocoapod_utils.dart:29:9)
#2 buildXcodeProject (package:flutter_tools/src/ios/mac.dart:280:9)
#3 _BuildIOSSubCommand.runCommand (package:flutter_tools/src/commands/build_ios.dart:701:37)As far as I can tell, every FlutterCommand regenerates plugins as long as shouldRunPub is set, so when the code was added (again) in #146256 it might have been duplicate work? Defer to the iOS team, maybe they see something I don't.
(This complicates conditionally removing the .flutter-plugins file which is why I'm bringing it up)