Godot: Shared Resources proposal

Created on 5 Mar 2019 · 3Comments · Source: godotengine/godot

Godot version:
Godot 3.0.6

Feature Proposal:
Share resources between projects. Currently you need to copy the files, so improvements in one project are not reflected on the other project. I think the solution would be to add file references / referenced assets, so you can add a file by reference and have it in a different folder or a shared folder. This way improvements are shared across different projects.

In case you move the file outside of Godot, Godot would simply tell you the file is missing and that you need to update its location. Xcode offers a button to assign its current location when this happens and shows the file with red text in the project navigator.

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What we usually do is to extract common stuff to a different repository and use Git submodules to add it to the projects. This way we can reuse stuff across projects without needing anything special from Godot itself. There's also a benefit of version control: changing stuff in the common repo doesn't automatically break in the projects, only when you explicit update.

vnen on 5 Mar 2019

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vnen on 5 Mar 2019

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