How to Use GitHub to Collaborate in Unity

#unity #github #collaborate #gamedevelopment
Here's a quick tutorial on how to use GitHub to collaborate on game development projects in Unity. GitHub is a great tool to help with collaboration but I noticed that a lot of people who use Unity don't take full advantage of it.
Thanks for watching and I hope it was helpful :)
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[@failed_physicist]

Few things: 1. If anyone has any questions feel free to to leave them as a comment, and I will answer them to the best of my abilities. 2. Also I feel like after towards the end, the tutorial got a bit hard to follow. What do you guys think? 3. Apologies for the audio quality not being great lol

[@user-uw5qj1rp1y]

شكرا

[@eyelight1191]

Don’t worry, all is clear, the voice too

[@madhavipurohit]

It's showing that the files are larger than 100 mb. What can I do?

[@udayadityaborthakur2977]

what if i import a asset over 100mb?

[@majin1395]

for that you use git lfs

[@lfjvs]

Have a project to do in Unity and needed a way to colaborate and found this gem. Thanks so much. Really helped a lot

[@tag5t151]

Yeah it's always the small channels that have the best tutorials

[@keypo790]

3:10 Yes, it does show in windows 10, upper menu-view tab, hidden (tick the box).👍

[@beccaboi6873]

Thank you so much!! Me and my friend have been trying to figure out how to do this for a little while, but you explained everything so clearly, we finally got it set up. Thank you!! :]

[@alexanderstewart9923]

Go to 4:52 if you're the collaborator!

[@Theorchero]

Thank fucking god dude. Following tutorials from 2017 is going to be the death of me XD

[@matiasmiguez7041]

Great tutorial !!! All the other videos just show how to create a repository but they leave out the fact that you will probably be working with someone else so they forget to show how a pull request is done and this video explains it perfectly. good job! maybe an updated tutorial would be better. English is my second language so I apologize for the mistakes I probably made.

[@lightzy7305]

Im your 200th subscriber!

This video is such nicely explained. I love the soft music in the background as well. Thank you for this! ❤

[@andyraymond3866]

After hours and hours this video finally shows hot to do it thank you so much

[@myhelshik5844]

Thanks Failed Physicist, you are the best. Always going back to this video to redo the tutorial because I always forget.

[@Shad0wL3g3nd]

To view on Windows, click view and then click the checkbox next to hidden items.

[@betulsagun8421]

Thanks! It helps a lot!

[@Mattawaka]

Hey I have a question but not sure exactly how to phrase to apologies if I waffle a little bit. When creating a pull request to merge two branches, if you're merging a secondary branch into the main branch, does that secondary branch have to contain everything that's in the main branch too, i.e. will it be overwritten? For example, the main branch contains a scene which were are going to use as an in-game level/map. On the secondary branch, I'm experimenting with a 2nd level/map to play on, but in a separate scene in Unity. Does the secondary branch have to include the scene from the main and the new one I'm working on, or could I just have a unity project with 1 scene and then merge the branches together and it will pull both scenes from each branch, into 1? Or would it overwrite what's on the main? Thanks!

[@failed_physicist]

That's a really good question! Generally, merging a secondary branch to the main branch should work even if the secondary branch does not have all the same content as the main branch. However, in some cases, there may be conflicts between the branches. Conflicts occur if the main branch and the secondary branch include contradictions of each other. For instance, there may be a conflict if a file called example.cs in the main branch has completely different code from another file called example.cs that's in the secondary branch. In such a case, GitHub will let you manually solve the conflicts by choosing which changes override which. So in the example you gave, the merge should work because the stuff in your secondary branch is in a different scene so it cannot conflict with anything that's in the main branch.

[@Mattawaka]

@@failed_physicist That's perfect thank you! And thanks for the quick response!

[@reebok122479]

thank a lot !!!! you fix my problem

[@artyalex]

You're the real mvp. Thanks for this!!!

[@AllieOk]

Incredibly useful video, thank you so much!

[@sotirismpalatsias2630]

Thanks man, it really helps a lot !!

[@Shonia]

Great video! Can you tell me how to return to older commits? In unity collab it is pretty easy to go back in the past.

[@voidzmhm]

can you commit it at the same time do they merge togheter or does it get replaced by one of the projects

[@Furukn]

dude you are a life saver. Thank you!

[@jonardavenido2419]

Why there is an error to me that files are too large

[@mirkomartini8663]

This is Gold !!! Thank you so much !!!

[@gamerzbuddies6226]

Amazing dudeeee

[@muhammadjahanzaib6918]

Man !!! you're going straight to Heaven 😍😍😅 Great Work 🥰🥰🥰

[@shakinfuture2354]

Best tutorial

[@user-fc3qo8xh6t]

thank you very much, my friend Lots thanx from Russia

[@hassaannitroold6707]

New SUB! amazing video. Really needed it!

[@Jacksolotl]

HELP! Whenever my friend tries to clone it it says that its invalid or has files in it and he cant clone it

[@nataliaabreu2330]

Great tutorial! Thanks

[@shahadsharifabozaid1435]

so useful :)

[@Cozify2528]

I get the invitation but it doesn't say view or anything I can't open anything

[@psycho8842]

❤one of the best video❤😮

[@animetdm6369]

Thanks Bro!! Appreciated

[@TDODYT]

So, my question is, I have a Friend that I want to work on the project with me, is this what he is talking about?

[@salvatoredamiano291]

how do I put all the settings options as you do?

[@abhinavraj1338]

What's the maximum size of file that can be uploaded in GitHub.... Like I have 1 5 gb project file , i want to work with my friends how can I do??

[@tonynguyen4603]

I'm on windows and the gitignore file showed by default

[@arturoescobar4226]

Great video man super useful, keep it up.

[@salihdagdemir]

YOU ARE BESTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@theconsul8452]

great video, thanks

[@MultiNee100]

Thank you, it's very great video, you really helped us!

[@calmld4664]

Yeah, we did it with your help 🥔

[@v.reagan]

To show hidden files in windows explorer on Windows 10 and older, use alt+V then HH.

[@zkuppy9885]

thanks

[@ayynnissa]

tysm! this video is so helpfull to me :3

[@eyelight1191]

Thanks, this really helped me allot

[@kdazzlistic4real]

how do I do it with a project that I already made

[@dviross6096]

thank you so muck, so helpfull :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Abhishek-bl5vr]

thank you this video help me alot

[@vivianoranges]

Saved my life

[@asawrld]

Thanks man!

[@FireApple]

Great vid 👍

[@soumyaripan5131]

Thank you bro!

[@lseanl12]

nice tutorial

[@burakhankoroglu6030]

thank you my friend

[@nikztips3096]

what a great video wow

[@davidcrittendon5204]

What does it mean when it says users\myusrename\AppData\Local\plastic4\client.conf not found, is there a way to fix this error.

[@hamzafayed2375]

thanks very helpful

[@andyraldp173]

Lot of thaanks!!

[@surxal]

very helpful

[@nuin9937]

it says unable to create project when I try to put it in the repository folder

[@MohamadNurjaman]

bro, i have a question, how if teams make change on their each computer. and then we want to merge it together ?

[@challengedollar2880]

Thank you

[@getElementById_ProfileName]

Can I do this with an already existing project as well? Because in the video you created a new one for your Local Repository...

[@failed_physicist]

Yes, you can move the Unity project files into the local repository folder.

[@getElementById_ProfileName]

@@failed_physicist Thank you. And its anyway where the local repo is located on my pc?

[@failed_physicist]

@@getElementById_ProfileName Go to the repository on the Github Desktop app and then in the app's menu bar press on "repository" and from there there will be an option to show where it is located. On Mac, the option is "show in finder" and I think on Windows, it might be something like "show in file explorer."

[@risingforce9648]

how to clone or put an existing project? in the github local? so I can upload the repository? I see your tutorial , but you started from zero.

[@Gaming_Era_7]

Thanks buddy

[@samndad8842]

hi so when i pushed the changes out the only file in the git hub web broswer for the depository is the git.ignore and i have no idea what to do

[@martyl6424]

When i am working on the project and i dont have saved progress that i did (mean it as i didnt upload the changes yet). When i will want to sync and see what others did. will it delete my progress ? I mean if it works like it will just add the new content/changes or it will overwrite whole project ?

[@hassaannitroold6707]

I have a question. Is it possible to work together live on the same project? anyway? thanks

[@failed_physicist]

Unfortunately I don’t think it’s possible with GitHub but there might be some kind of Unity extension that makes it possible so you could search for that.

[@hassaannitroold6707]

Thanks

[@ni.fa.2086]

Very well explained thank you very much. If I want to roll back after various changes, I also need Git, don't I?

[@bbogapascu9573]

it was not 10 minutes

[@bbogapascu9573]

facts bro like wtf?

[@bbogapascu9573]

i know right?

[@nakivan9613]

you like kids

[@gabrielguime]

god demais

[@mcrafterpro563]

i haven't watched the video yet but is this the only way to collaborate on unity?

[@mcrafterpro563]

and there was no gitignore file for me

[@mistershikolad2566]

thx bro

[@chenzhuo]

thanks

[@DrPickleCheese]

Does this make it so my friend and I can work on the same project at the same time? Like where I can see what they are doing in the unity scene?

[@secretsecret7927]

You can work on the same project separately, but you can't see each other working "live". You're both editing your local versions of the project on your separate computers, and not the one online. Pushing the changes will update your local changes to the online version, so the other one can get them from there.

[@DrPickleCheese]

@@secretsecret7927 I think I understand, thanks for explaining :)

[@LovelyAshie]

question, can it be any unity editor type? for example, 2019.4.31f1

[@katuli3677]

yes, but collaborators should have same versions

[@nicholasmartin1558]

I have an issue where despite having LFS running, I can't push a file that is 116mb. Is there something I can do?

[@necoh1568]

Same problem here, did you manage to solve it?

[@nicholasmartin1558]

@@necoh1568 I just folded and am using another version control for large files

[@miroslavgabco6795]

So for me it said this .gitingnore file should be placed at the root of your unity directory I'm confused now I thought placing it in is all that's needed up until that point it has a minus on the left sid3 and it's red yheesh why is everything so complex

[@failed_physicist]

Sorry for the late response but are you talking about the red minus signs you see in GitHub after putting the .gitignore file in the right place? Those minus signs are supposed to appear. They just mean some files are now being excluded from the repository(as they should be because they’re only temporary files that don’t serve any important purpose).

[@miroslavgabco6795]

@@failed_physicist yh it was thanks though just hard to get use to the process being a first time user and all

[@yucesaiki]

Do we have to do this every time? So we're going to do the same things every time?

[@failed_physicist]

What do you mean?

[@2-TheMoon]

It does not merge objects in scene on different computers?

[@failed_physicist]

Can you check again to make sure you’ve done everything right? It merged everything correctly when I tried. Maybe you forgot to fetch the changes on one of the computers.

[@2-TheMoon]

@@failed_physicist so i can save scene on my computer and it will reflects on another? or need to restart unity?

[@failed_physicist]

@@2-TheMoon not gonna reflect the changes on another computer immediately. Do the steps shown in the video and then restart Unity on the other computer and it should work.

[@angelbongco9201]

Hello, thanks for your great video! At 3:18 timestamp for reference, tried doing this I have all the folders you have but why do I not have .vscode folder and the .sln file?

[@failed_physicist]

Hey, I'm pretty sure the .vscode and .sln files are from the VSCode text editor and Visual Studio IDE respectively. As far as I know, not having them won't prevent the collaboration from working.

[@angelbongco9201]

@@failed_physicist Does it also mean that if the changes I made has something to do with coding in my unity objects it will still go through the collaboration?

[@Alexandre_0292]

Make an video about how too make an discord bot

[@buba1234]

Great video show how to make gta v in unity

[@eternalshard]

don work plis

[@lazyllamaa]

Just so you know on 5:21 i can see TheUnknown1050's name on manages access :)

[@lazyllamaa]

and on 5:55

[@failed_physicist]

Thanks for noticing and trying to help out. However, I’m fine with exposing usernames. I just wanted to blur out email addresses.

[@lazyllamaa]

@@failed_physicist ok then :)

[@yolobet329]

@@failed_physicist if you're still reading comment and/or care abt this, the email is exposed for like a single frame (zsaadm1)

[@greenboy157]

5:24

[@Alexandre_0292]

Hi friend can you learn how too make an nukebot?

[@failed_physicist]

I'm assuming you mean a nukebot for Discord, is that correct? I've kinda lost interest in coding Discord-related programs, but I might still do that at some point. However, note that it is a violation of Discord's terms of service.

[@Alexandre_0292]

Alright

[@Alexandre_0292]

Btw I like ur nation

[@Alexandre_0292]

Ppl think that progaming is hard but i think god can help the person if he want it😉

[@9-k.]

fake

[@V-vek12]

CONFUSING VIDEO

[@SomeRandomGuyOutHere]

How was any of this confusing????

[@bimaa.s9165]

Hello i have this problem, i have a tile map with asset on it. I commit it to main, when my friend trying to fetch it. My friend opened it, The tilemap turn into pink-like block even the tile pallete any solution?

[@AgentSkylight]

missing shader?? try and change the shader in unity on the object and see if the texture surfaces correctly if not then you might have to send the Texture files individually and have them build the material properties

[@abdullahbarakat4994]

5:22