Version Control Integration project in Google Summer of Code 2019 at Godot Engine

04 Aug 2020

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Google Summer of Code 2019 is a program conducted by Google which allows open-source organization to hire students to work on their projects related to the organization for around 3 months. This program is sponsored by Google.

My proposal for adding a version control system integration was selected by the Godot Engine organization which maintains the fully-featured and fully open-sourced C++ based Godot game engine. I am now maintaining the VCS integration feature in the Godot Engine organization.

Features

• Ability to stage files from Godot Editor UI
• Ability to commit staged files
• Ability to view diffs of modified files from UI

Tech Stack

• C++ with C interop
• GDNative with GDNative API for C++
• libgit2, a C library that simulates Git in code.

Godot Engine is maintained by the Godot Engine organization.