Remote workspaces support

There is a minor inconvenience with packing dependency libraries into the plugin archive, which gets in the way of the upcoming 2025.1 version. To be updated.

2024.4 version notice: The new MCreator release has introduced workspace variants, one of them being resource pack maker that currently does not support using "Remote workspace" tab the same way as in mod maker variant. In resource pack projects, the mentioned section will instead open as a regular tab that can not be closed (it will have a close button that does nothing - this behavior is intended). The section will be converted to its usual format in 2025.1.

This plugin is the replacement for the old native VCS (Version Control System) support by MCreator.

After 3 years of being a part of the software, it looked like the remote workspaces system is not popular enough to keep it in the core for any longer. The reason for this may be the fact that the integration only supported a limited set of features the involved system (Git API) could offer. So, as the maintainers did not have the time to dedicate to it, the system was migrated to a Java plugin for it to gain a chance to get more features supported faster than if it was included in the core software.

The plugin can be installed in the 3rd snapshot of 2023.2 update and higher versions by anyone using the system in earlier releases, and there will be literally no change in the workspace.

Releases for older versions are available on plugin's GitHub page.

Changelog:

2024.5.1 (Draft)

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2024.4.1

• Dropped earlier versions support due to changes in MCreator's source code
• Improved setup/settings dialog to specifically request GitHub access token instead of password if GitHub URL is detected

MCreator 2024.4 has introduced workspace variants, one of them being resource pack maker that does not support using "Remote workspace" tab the same way as in mod maker variant. In resource pack projects opened in that MCreator version, the mentioned section will instead open as a regular tab that can not be closed (it will have a close button that does nothing - this behavior is intended).

2024.3.1

2024.2.1

2024.1.3

2024.1.2

• [Bug fix] Plugin's actions and tab could disappear from workspace

2024.1.1

2024.1.0.1

• Dropped earlier versions support due to breaking change in supported versions validation

2023.4.1

• Progress dialogs are now displayed during some time-consuming operations
• [Bug fix] Conflict resolve dialog could not be resized
• [Bug fix] Deleting workspace file locally/remotely was making further sync attempts impossible
• [Bug fix] Checking out different branch had no effect on the workspace
• [Bug fix] Remote branches could not be deleted
• [Bug fix] Branches with unmerged commits could not be deleted

2023.3.1

• Ported to 2023.3
• Added support for fetching/renaming/deleting branches
• [Bug fix] Committer name could be set improperly in some cases

2023.2.2

• Added "Rollback local changes" action
• [Bug fix] Plugin caused MCreator to freeze on MacOS devices

2023.2.1 (Initial porting)

• Initial migration from MCreator core
• New branch dialog now responses to invalid branch name definition