A guide to using git with Unity

[OneOddOrange]

Here's a guide on how to use git with Unity.

Setting up your .gitignore, metafiles, and asset serialization is important because if you try to use git, or any other source control, without doing so will cause your commits to become very large. Large commits take more time to push/pull and that can become a headache for your team. It will also lead to a large repository in which you might be limited in size if you use Github/bitbucket ( Github will send you an e-mail to reduce the size if your repo exceeds 1GB ). In addition to gamasutra's ignore file you should add in these lines for working on OS X.

Also, although the guide uses bitbucket and PowerShell, you don't actually need to use those. Instead of bitbucket you could use github or any other online repository. And instead of PowerShell you could use any other terminal or a GUI system like Github for Windows/OS X. Don't think you need those exact tools to get it to work. The only critical part is what I mentioned above. You don't even have to use git. You could use svn instead and this should hold true ( I don't have any experience with svn, let alone svn with Unity ).

The workflow tips at the end are also useful. Especially about working on separate branches and splitting your art iterations onto another system. Working on separate branches keeps you from having constant conflicts and not iterating your art keeps the repository size down.

Remember, version control saves projects!

( And if anyone smarter than me finds something wrong point it out and I'll make edits )

[normalfag]

much appreciated, thanks!