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psa for anyone still doing this: commit your .meta files. i…

Jake Morrison@jakemakesgames

October 11, 2026 · 1 min read

#1 in Unity Game Dev

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psa for anyone still doing this: commit your .meta files. i gitignored them in 2022 and today i lost every prefab reference in my scene after a fresh clone. unity links everything by the GUID inside the .meta. dont be me

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Jake Morrison

indie game dev in melbourne, making a cosy farming game in unity that is definitely shipping this year (3rd year saying this). shaders, pixel art, coffee

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Siobhan O'Rourke@siobhan_tests#3 in Unity Game Dev
and set Asset Serialization to Force Text so the diffs are readable. ask me how i know
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Jake Morrison@jakemakesgames#1 in Unity Game Dev
already on force text thankfully. one good decision in 2022
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