#Linux #gamedev update:

Life has been a nightmare the past couple months so not much time to make progress. I've been working on automation to easily set up the environment and tools we need on new machines/VMs, including tools that lack proper Linux installers (I'm looking at you #Perforce).

I'm convinced Kubuntu, but with Snap removed and Flatpak added, is the best environment for converts. I wish there was a distro that was this out of the box.

Не Git-ом единым: гид по системам контроля версий для особых случаев

А есть ли жизнь вне GIT? Что там? Может там летают птеродактили или НЛО? Или там просто пустое поле? Давайте разбираться.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/984556/

#Git #Mercurial #Subversion #Perforce #Darcs #Pijul

Either the agent doesn't fully understand perforce (who does?) or our setup of perforce is so divergent from "standard" who even knows anymore...

#RevisionControl
#Perforce
#AgenticAI

Touring alternatives to Sourcehut for my personal repos. Partly because I hate git, partly because I know I’m abusing the binary files and repo size rules there.

#Diversion works well… but it’s totally closed and only offers a cloud tier for indie license. Not sure about what would happen in the event they’re acquired or fold. Does the indie license entitle me to any backup of my data/property??

#Perforce, the devil I know and easily self-hosted. But… closed. That hasn’t bothered me in the past and I feel that the company is possibly more viable (I’m less worried about losing stuff).

#ArkVCS, very reasonable licensing, also closed. But ultimately a hobby thing. I’m wary about hitching my wagon to it still.

#subversion, my old faithful. Tried and true. Easy to self host and free and open.

In all self-hosting cases I’m going to just run a small machine at home with tailscale to avoid dealing with internet bullshit. Backups are key then. I’m considering #tarsnap. Any others?

More #Linux progress: VCS

#Perforce has their own apt repository and the CLI tools install and work great. Not a surprise; it's common practice to host P4 depots on Linux hosts.

The GUI tools exist and fully function, so A+ there. Unfortunately they aren't in their apt repo, only as a tarball download of bins requiring fully manual install. Default (Light) theme had issues, but the dark theme is fine, and no one should ever use light themes. ;)

I've reached out to them about both issues.

I don't know if this is useful to anyone but I just spent the last hour writing this: https://gist.github.com/alannakelly/6c8d69f54005444f5e4556f2dca242f7

#p4 #perforce #gamedev

By far the biggest issue I've encountered with #godot so far is that it doesn't support working in a #perforce workspace.

I'm sure people here will want to reply with a FOSS rant, but the truth is to become a major #gamedev tool you need to support p4; it is what 90% of the industry uses, and for good reason.

Git is absolutely terrible at handling large/binary files (which was an intentional design decision).

🇮🇹 🚀 Ho completato la pubblicazione del mio mini-corso gratuito su Perforce su YouTube, con integrazione a Unreal Engine in un capitolo. È pensato per principianti nel version control.

🇬🇧 🚀 Just finished publishing my free mini-course on Perforce on YouTube, with Unreal Engine integration in one chapter. Great for beginners learning version control.

▶️ Playlist (auto subtitles available): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-Lj1PFVfYYlZ5_V0F-6jW2EeTwW7bXz2

#Perforce #UnrealEngine #GameDev #VersionControl