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Dan Garnham
1,495 PointsSource Control for Unity
starting to play around with unity working on a small project of my own using the stuff we learned in the How to make a video Game course but was wondering how to use some sort of source control.
i can navigate to: Edit > Project Settings > Editor and there is a version control field there but beyond this point i don't know what to do.
:-D
4 Answers
Nick Pettit
Treehouse TeacherHi Dan,
Version control in Unity can be tricky, because you're not only dealing with code; there's also binary data like asset files.
That said, Unity offers several options, but you will need either a Team License or Unity Pro to integrate with version control systems like Perforce or Plastic SCM.
If you're working alone, you can do what I do: I keep my entire project directory nested inside of my Dropbox folder, and then my Scripts folder is a Git repository. Once a month I'll make a physical backup as well. So far this has worked pretty well for me, since for binary assets, I tend to save off multiple versions as I work (like 3D models for example). If you do go this route, make sure you turn off Dropbox before opening Unity, and then re-enable Dropbox after you close Unity. Sometimes when Unity is importing assets into its internal database, or when it's creating a build, there can be conflicts with Dropbox.
Andrew Molloy
37,259 PointsRussell Cousineau I just use Github's own .gitignore for Unity. You can download it from here https://github.com/github/gitignore
Russell Cousineau
1,541 PointsAh thanks!
Dan Garnham
1,495 PointsThanks Nick i will have a look at your Dropbox suggestion.
Andrew Molloy
37,259 PointsWe (company I do work for) do actually successfully use Github for large Unity projects and they have a template .gitignore for Unity projects. (I've personally used Dropbox too for my own Unity projects although I set it up as remote repo so I don't need to worry about switching off Dropbox to open the project, my Unity projects are always stored locally outside of Dropbox folder as well as Asset Server which is a pain and expense to get and set up). I wouldn't be too afraid of something like Git+Github unless you have gigantic models etc. We've used it with actually fewer issues than Unity's own Asset Server.
Nick Pettit
Treehouse TeacherThat's really interesting. In my primary project I have several GB of textures and I've been using the repo for a few years, so I can't imagine performance would be very good in my case. Then again, I've never stress tested it.
Russell Cousineau
1,541 PointsWould you mind sharing your .gitignore?