Unity project version-control using GitHub for Unity

GitHub has released an Open Source tool integrating Git and GitHub into Unity, which we'll explore in this recipe.

Getting ready

You will need Git installed at the command line on your computer:

• https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git

You may need to installGit LFS (Large File Storage) for the GitHub for Unitypackage to work correctly:

• https://git-lfs.github.com/

Note

You may wish to create a .gitattributes file to specify which files should be used with Git Large File Storage (LFS). For some guidance, check out Rob Reilly's useful article, How to Git With Unity: https://robots.thoughtbot.com/how-to-git-with-unity.

How to do it...

To manage Unity project version-control using GitHUb for Unity, do the following:

1. Start a new Unity project.
2. Open the Asset Store panel, choose menu: Window | General | Asset Store.

3. In the Asset Store, search for GitHub for Unity, download and import this into your project:

4. If there is a popup about...