Version Control

Version Control Systems or VCS (Git, SVN, Perforce, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, TFS, etc.) are used to manage changes to code and data, and enable teams to coordinate their development efforts. To make tracking of changes efficient and reduce the amount of disk space required, you should know which files must be tracked by the VCS and which can be ignored.

Ignore List#

In any project there are files and folders that are not subject to version control. These can be files created by the compiler, *.obj, *.tlog, or an output folder used to store binary executables.

The following files and folders in you project's root can be ignored, as they are generated automatically on your disk:

.thumbnails
bin
launch_debug.bat
launch_editor.bat
launch_release.bat

Files and Folders to Add to Version Control#

The following files and folders should be subject to version control:

data folder with all its contents
source folder contents except for the elements mentioned above
Notice
This folder is created only for projects that use C++ or C# API.
*.project file

Last update: 2019-12-25

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