Converts .rbxlx files into a directory structure.
Roblox Studio place files typically save the entire structure of a project in one binary file. This is hard to track in source control. There is a setting that forces Studio to save the place file as an xml. While this is better than a binary file, there is still much to be desired. This project exists to convert .rbxlx xml files into a directory structure that resembles the internal structure of the project while in Roblox Studio so that project changes can be more easily tracked.
The tool is run once to convert an existing .rbxlx file to a directory structure. This directory can now be committed to git and changes are more easily visible. The tool can also be used to convert a project directory back into a rbxlx file.
PHP is great for websites because it can be embedded into the page markup. Why, then, is it being used like a general purpose scripting language? Actually, this started out as a web thing. When the idea changed to this xml converter, the language did not. Normally, a project like this would be done in Python or Java or basically anything that isn't a web scripting language, but we wanted to use something new and our choices were either PHP or a functional programming language.
- Fix .xml spacing from split
- Actually remove deleted directories in /datamodel when updating the split