Yes, but there are actually some positive and negative side-effects of checking in dependencies. See “Should I check the Pods directory into source control?” at

Yes, but there are actually some positive and negative side-effects of checking in dependencies. See “Should I check the Pods directory into source control?” at https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/using-cocoapods.html https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/using-cocoapods.html for a bit of discussion on the concept.