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'release' : 'debug',\n    host         : 'localhost:3000'\n  }))\n  .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/'));\n```\n\nIt will send all your files (excluding `bin`, `bld` and `platforms`) to your Mac, build it, and send the [.ipa file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ipa) back to your Gulp box.\n\n```\n[16:09:20] Starting 'default'...\n[16:09:22] taco.json requested for Cordova version 6.1.1\n[16:09:23] Compressing 1,221 files\n[16:09:25] Compressing 5,259 files\n[16:09:27] Compressing 9,944 files\n[16:09:28] Compressing 12,292 files\n[16:09:28] Building on localhost:3000 against Cordova version 6.1.1\n[16:09:32] remotebuild: Uploaded build request payload.\n[16:09:45] remotebuild: Acquiring Cordova.\n[16:09:47] remotebuild: Updating platform.\n[16:09:59] remotebuild: Build completed successfully.\n[16:10:00] Extracting myapp.plist (831 B)\n[16:10:00] Extracting myapp.ipa (1.5 MB)\n[16:10:00] Extracting myapp.app.dSYM.zip (527.4 KB)\n[16:10:00] Finished 'default' after 39 s\n```\n\nFiles outputted at `/dist/`.\n\n```\n02/08/2017  06:08 PM           527,375 myapp.app.dSYM.zip\n02/08/2017  06:08 PM         1,499,789 myapp.ipa\n02/08/2017  06:08 PM               831 myapp.plist\n02/08/2017  06:08 PM           254,170 taco-build.log\n```\n\n## Options\n\nDefault options are as below:\n\n```js\n{\n  buildTimeout  : 300000,\n  configuration : 'debug',\n  cordovaVersion: '6.1.1',\n  host          : 'localhost:3000',\n  logLevel      : 'warn',\n  mount         : 'cordova',\n  options       : '--device',\n  pollInterval  : 1000\n}\n```\n\n| Name             | Description                                                             |\n| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| `buildTimeout`   | Seconds to wait for build to complete                                   |\n| `configuration`  | `debug` for debug build, `release` for production build                 |\n| `cordovaVersion` | Cordova CLI version to use during build                                 |\n| `host    `       | Host name and port number of the `remotebuild` box                      |\n| `logLevel`       | Log level                                                               |\n| `mount`          | Web mount point for `remotebuild`, i.e. https://localhost:3000/cordova/ |\n| `options`        | Options to send to Cordova CLI                                          |\n| `pollInterval`   | Interval to poll for build completion                                   |\n\n## FAQs\n\n### Instead of REST APIs, why not connect via `taco-cli`?\n\n[`taco-cli`](https://github.com/microsoft/taco-cli) is a CLI built by Microsoft and it talks to `remotebuild` box.\n\nSince Gulp prefer `vinyl` objects and `taco-cli` requires physical file system, bridging Gulp to `taco-cli` would increase the build time. 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