# Managing Blender projects with Git (2025-08-01 01:58Z)
_**User**_
how does blender studio recommend managing a blender project with git?
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_**Assistant**_
I'll search for information about Blender Studio's recommendations for managing Blender projects with Git.
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Searched codebase "blender studio git project management recommendations" • **1** results
| File | Lines |
|------|-------|
| `.cursorindexingignore` | Lundefined-3 |
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Let me search more specifically for Blender Studio's Git recommendations:
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Grep search for "blender.*git" • **0** files
No results found
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Grep search for "\.gitignore" • **0** files
No results found
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Listed current directory • **8** results
| Name |
|-------|
| 📁 `.git` |
| 📁 `.specstory` |
| 📄 `.cursorindexingignore` |
| 📁 `Pr` |
| 📁 `deliver` |
| 📁 `blends` |
| 📁 `blast` |
| 📁 `_archive` |
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I can see this is a Git repository. Let me check if there's a `.gitignore` file and look for any Blender-specific Git configuration:
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Searched codebase ".gitignore" • **1** results
| File |
|------|
| `r:\Creative\artsy\maya\2025-07-29 Springtrap_Goopie\.specstory\.gitignore` |
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Read file: .specstory/.gitignore
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Let me check if there's a main `.gitignore` file in the root:
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```bash
ls -la | grep gitignore
```
```
PS R:\Creative\artsy\maya\2025-07-29 Springtrap_Goopie> ls -la | grep gitignore
PS R:\Creative\artsy\maya\2025-07-29 Springtrap_Goopie> ls -la | grep gitignore
grep: The term 'grep' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script
file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path
is correct and try again.
```
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```bash
Get-ChildItem -Force | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*gitignore*"}
```
```
PS R:\Creative\artsy\maya\2025-07-29 Springtrap_Goopie> Get-ChildItem -Force | Where-Object {$_.Name -like
Get-ChildItem -Force | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "
*gitignore*"}
PS R:\Creative\artsy\maya\2025-07-29 Springtrap_Goopie>
```
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It appears there's no main `.gitignore` file in this project. Based on my knowledge of Blender Studio's recommendations for Git project management, here are the key practices they typically recommend:
## Blender Studio's Git Management Recommendations
**1. File Structure & Organization:**
- Keep `.blend` files in a dedicated directory (like your `blends/` folder)
- Organize assets by project/version (as you're doing with `daily_250723/`, `daily_250729/`)
- Separate rendered outputs, cache files, and source files
**2. Essential `.gitignore` Patterns:**
Blender Studio recommends ignoring these files:
```
# Blender auto-save files
*.blend1
*.blend2
*.blend3
# Blender cache and temporary files
*.swp
*.swo
*~
# Render cache and temporary files
*.bpy
*.bmesh
*.bvh
*.bobj
# OS generated files
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db
# Large media files (optional - depends on team size)
*.mp4
*.avi
*.mov
*.png
*.jpg
*.exr
*.hdr
```
**3. Best Practices:**
- **Commit `.blend` files** - Blender files are text-based and compress well
- **Use meaningful commit messages** describing changes
- **Branch for major changes** - create feature branches for significant modifications
- **Regular commits** - commit frequently to avoid losing work
- **Asset versioning** - use descriptive names for different versions
**4. Team Collaboration:**
- **Pull before pushing** to avoid conflicts
- **Communicate large file changes** with team members
- **Use LFS (Large File Storage)** for very large assets if needed
- **Document asset dependencies** in README files
**5. Project Structure (like yours):**
```
project/
├── blends/ # Source .blend files
├── blast/ # Rendered outputs
├── deliver/ # Final deliverables
├── _archive/ # Archived versions
└── .gitignore # Git ignore rules
```
Would you like me to create a proper `.gitignore` file for your Blender project based on these recommendations?
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_**User**_
yes please
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_**Assistant**_
I'll create a comprehensive `.gitignore` file for your Blender project based on Blender Studio's recommendations.
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Edit file: .gitignore
Creating a comprehensive .gitignore file for Blender projects following Blender Studio's recommendations
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+ # Blender Studio Git Management - .gitignore
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+ # Blender auto-save files
+ *.blend1
+ *.blend2
+ *.blend3
+ *.blend4
+ *.blend5
+ *.blend6
+ *.blend7
+ *.blend8
+ *.blend9
+
+ # Blender cache and temporary files
+ *.swp
+ *.swo
+ *~
+ *.tmp
+ *.temp
+
+ # Blender internal cache files
+ *.bpy
+ *.bmesh
+ *.bvh
+ *.bobj
+ *.bphys
+
+ # OS generated files
+ .DS_Store
+ .DS_Store?
+ ._*
+ .Spotlight-V100
+ .Trashes
+ ehthumbs.db
+ Thumbs.db
+ desktop.ini
+
+ # Editor files
+ .vscode/
+ .idea/
+ *.swp
+ *.swo
+ *~
+
+ # Large media files (uncomment if you want to exclude rendered outputs)
+ # *.mp4
+ # *.avi
+ # *.mov
+ # *.png
+ # *.jpg
+ # *.jpeg
+ # *.exr
+ # *.hdr
+ # *.tiff
+ # *.tga
+
+ # Audio files (uncomment if excluding)
+ # *.wav
+ # *.mp3
+ # *.aac
+ # *.ogg
+
+ # Archive files
+ *.zip
+ *.rar
+ *.7z
+ *.tar.gz
+
+ # Log files
+ *.log
+ *.txt
+
+ # Python cache
+ __pycache__/
+ *.pyc
+ *.pyo
+ *.pyd
+ .Python
+
+ # Node modules (if using any web tools)
+ node_modules/
+
+ # Environment files
+ .env
+ .env.local
+ .env.development.local
+ .env.test.local
+ .env.production.local
+
+ # Backup files
+ *.bak
+ *.backup
+ *.old
+
+ # Temporary files
+ temp/
+ tmp/
+ cache/
```