Sorry for being absent too long...
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.
Considering the newer project instead? It can be found here.
Releases for older versions are available on plugin's GitHub page.
Changelog:
2025.3.1 (Draft)
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2025.2.1
- Dropped earlier versions support due to changes in MCreator's source code
2025.1.1
- Dropped earlier versions support due to changes in MCreator's source code
(Might support GPG commit signing - untested)
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
Not worth it, uses Git and for those that don't understand why that's a problem. This plugin is only useful if you're working on a new workspace via Git, not moving a pre-existing workspace. Git has a limit of 25Mb file uploading, so anything larger cannot be added and therefore makes this plugin useless.