How do you initialize git version control in the editor? (SOLVED)

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#1

When I go to File > Synchronize... it just says “This project does not use Version Control” and provides a link to the Version Control docs, but I don’t see any instruction on initializing Version Control.

I tried manually creating a git repo by running git init in the projects root directory, but File > Synchronize... still says “This project does not use Version Control”.

I know I can just use git outside of the editor, but I like the built-in Version Control features, as simple as they may be.

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#2

You need to close Defold and reopen it so that it detects the new repository. But yeah, to my knowledge there’s no way to initialise a repository from within the editor.

#3

Correct, there is no way to init a new git repo from within the editor.

And yes, it seems like a restart is required. But that should be something we could fix ofcourse.

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#4

So I tried restarting the editor before, but I think the issue was that I hadn’t ran git add --all so the repo was still empty. It’s is working now.

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