[Specification] Adopt the JSON format

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ To install or update CocoaPods see this [guide](http://docs.cocoapods.org/guides
 
 ## Master
 
+###### Breaking
+
+* The command `podfile_info` is now a plugin offered by CocoaPods.
+  As a result, the command has been removed from CocoaPods.  
+  [Joshua Kalpin](https://github.com/Kapin)
+  [#1589](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/1589)
+
+* JSON has been adopted as the format to store specifications. As a result
+  the `pod ipc spec` command returns a JSON representation and the YAML
+  specifications are not supported anymore. JSON specifications adopt the
+  `.podspec.json` extension.
+  [Fabio Pelosin](https://github.com/irrationalfab)
+  [#1568](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/pull/1568)
+
 ###### Enhancements
 
 * Introduced `pod try` the easiest way to test the example project of a pod.  
@@ -50,13 +64,6 @@ To install or update CocoaPods see this [guide](http://docs.cocoapods.org/guides
   [Florian Hanke](https://github.com/floere)
   [#1643][https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/pull/1682]
 
-###### Refactor
-
-* The command `podfile_info` is now a plugin offered by CocoaPods.
-  As a result, the command has been removed from CocoaPods.  
-  [Joshua Kalpin](https://github.com/Kapin)
-  [#1589](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/1589)
-
 ###### Bug Fixes
 
 * Fixed a bug which resulted in `pod lib lint` not being able to find the

lib/cocoapods/command/inter_process_communication.rb

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ module Pod
 
       class Spec < IPC
 
-        self.summary = 'Converts a podspec to YAML.'
-        self.description = 'Converts a podspec to YAML and prints it to STDOUT.'
+        self.summary = 'Converts a podspec to JSON.'
+        self.description = 'Converts a podspec to JSON and prints it to STDOUT.'
         self.arguments = 'PATH'
 
         def initialize(argv)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Pod
 
         def run
           spec = Specification.from_file(@path)
-          output_pipe.puts spec.to_yaml
+          output_pipe.puts spec.to_json
         end
 
       end

lib/cocoapods/command/push.rb

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module Pod
         base_url = 'https://trunk.cocoapods.org/api/v1'
         podspec_files.each do |spec_file|
           spec = Pod::Specification.from_file(spec_file)
-          REST.post("#{base_url}/pods", spec.to_yaml, 'Content-Type' => 'text/yaml', 'Authorization' => "Token #{tokens.sample}")
+          REST.post("#{base_url}/pods", spec.to_json, 'Content-Type' => 'text/yaml', 'Authorization' => "Token #{tokens.sample}")
         end
       rescue Exception
         # Nothing

spec/functional/command/inter_process_communication_spec.rb

@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ module Pod
 
     describe Command::IPC::Spec do
 
-      it "converts a podspec to yaml and prints it to STDOUT" do
+      it "converts a podspec to JSON and prints it to STDOUT" do
         out = run_command('ipc', 'spec', fixture('banana-lib/BananaLib.podspec'))
-        out.should.include('---')
-        out.should.match /name: BananaLib/
-        out.should.match /version: .1\.0./
-        out.should.match /description: Full of chunky bananas./
+        out.should.match /"name": "BananaLib"/
+        out.should.match /"version": "1.0"/
+        out.should.match /"description": "Full of chunky bananas."/
       end
 
     end
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ module Pod
 
     describe Command::IPC::List do
 
-      it "converts a podspec to yaml and prints it to STDOUT" do
+      it "prints a list of podspecs in the yaml format and prints it to STDOUT" do
         spec = fixture_spec('banana-lib/BananaLib.podspec')
         set = Specification.new('BananaLib')
         set.stubs(:specification).returns(spec)