Started to expand the specs for the Pods.xcodeproj generation extensions.

lib/cocoapods/xcodeproj_ext.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ module Xcodeproj
     def add_pod_group(name)
       pods.groups.new('name' => name)
     end
+    
+    # Shortcut access to build configurations
+    def build_configurations
+      objects[root_object.attributes['buildConfigurationList']].buildConfigurations
+    end
+    
+    def build_configuration(name)
+      build_configurations.find { |c| c.name == name }
+    end
 
     class PBXNativeTarget
       def move_compile_phase_to_end!

spec/unit/xcodeproj_ext_spec.rb

@@ -32,4 +32,23 @@ describe 'Xcodeproj::Project' do
     }).should.not == nil
     @project.targets.first.buildPhases.should.include phase
   end
+  
+  shared "for any platform" do
+    it "adds a Debug and Release build configuration" do
+      @project.build_configurations.count.should == 2
+      @project.build_configurations.map(&:name).sort.should == %w{Debug Release}.sort
+    end
+  end
+  
+  describe "for the :ios platform" do
+    before do
+      @project = Xcodeproj::Project.for_platform(:ios)
+    end
+    
+    behaves_like "for any platform"
+    
+    it "sets VALIDATE_PRODUCT to YES for the Release configuration" do
+      @project.build_configuration("Release").buildSettings["VALIDATE_PRODUCT"].should == "YES"
+    end
+  end
 end