Version Control With Lens Studio

Hi Weston,

Lens Studio is compatible with git, but there are some limitations on what files can be worked on concurrently. 

Basically:

• As a general rule, always save your project and wait a few seconds before committing any changes. Also, make sure to close Lens Studio before pulling any changes from git or switching branches.
• The two project files (project.data and <project_name>.lsproj) can't really be merged and should basically be treated as binary files. They'll be re-saved and modified whenever the project is saved. Changes to these files should be checked into git whenever a project change occurs. Project changes include things like adding or renaming an asset or script, adding or moving an object in the scene, changing a property on an object or component, etc.
• Changes to existing script files are fully compatible with git. As long as a script has already been added to the project, multiple people can work on it concurrently and their changes can be merged like normal, without needing to check in the project file changes.
• Like scripts, existing texture files can be modified without having to check in project file changes. This doesn't work for animated textures though, which are stored in the project files.

So the general workflow is that only one person can modify project files at a time, but others can be modifying scripts and textures as long as they've already been added to the project.

Let me know if you need any more help with this!

Jacob