Remote workspaces support (2023.2+)

Supported MCreator versions
2023.2
2023.3
2023.4
2024.1
2024.2
2024.3
Tags / plugin type
Java plugin
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Downloads:
7179
Upvotes: 102
About the plugin

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:

2024.4.1 (Draft)

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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
Project members
Maintainer
Defeatomizer
Former developer
Klemen
Texture designer
Matej
License
GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3)
Issue tracker
GitHub
Source code repository
GitHub

Plugin downloads
2024.3.1 - mcreator-vcs-2024.3.1.zip Uploaded on: 10/07/2024 - 17:50   File size: 3.61 MB

Comments

The UI doesn't show up in workspaces when it is updated to 2024.4 so it will need to be properly updated and not just ported to a newer version.

There is an annoying glitch with this plugin. It normally works fine, if I leave the remote repository untouched, and let it do its thing. However, whenever I add a README.md file to my remote repo, it becomes extremely slow to use. Every time I commit, after adding this file, it can take up to 5 minutes to load. Most of this time is spent stuck on the "Pull" step, even though there are no changes to pull from the remote.

As this been discontinued or something? 2024.3 is in snapshot and so what's going on where? as you have said the 2.2 support was a place holder so?

The primary goal of the plugin is to add support for Git so as to record changes to the workspace and store it remotely on one of related platforms, including GitHub. Git itself is not really related to GitHub bots. If you want to use them in your workspace repository, you'll have to write the configurations for them manually.

so i created a github repo and whenever i set it up it says a error occurred the repo is not empty but it is

Hello, when my friend, after i made a commit, tries synchronise the workspace, an error occured : "org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId.hashCode() because "id" is null"
I don't know how to fix that and i can't work with my friend anymore, do anyone has an idea please ? (I'm rly bad with code in general so idk what it is for..)