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Game Development

Posted by John Weland
John Weland
42,478 Points

using Git with Unity

I've looked around to see if there was a decent gitignore file for building Unity games. currently my repository is HUGE and filled with cache temp files and well I don't like it. Does anyone have a decent gitignore file in the makes?

1 Answer

Nick Pettit
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Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher
Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher

Hi John,

You really shouldn't use Git with an entire Unity project. There's too many large binary files for it to be effective. Typically, I turn my scripts folder into a Git repo, and then I keep my entire Unity project inside my Dropbox folder.

I just replied to a similar thread. There's a longer explanation here: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/source-control-for-unity

John Weland
John Weland
42,478 Points

Thanks Nick, I am only using git so that I can do a little of this at work on lunch and then pick up at home. So I'll do as you suggested and repo the scripts folder. Thanks.