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Re:Ask HN: Why is visual programming so popular for game pro... by drwiggly on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:52AM (#30953437)
Can you diff them?
Re:Ask HN: Why is visual programming so popular for game pro... by namrog84 on Friday April 08, 2022 @05:01PM (#30962469)
Yes. Sorta. Unreal has a blueprint diffing tool to compare against different commits.

Its a frequently overlooked feature. Itd be great to have more accessible outside the editor.

Re:Ask HN: Why is visual programming so popular for game pro... by fxtentacle on Friday April 08, 2022 @03:40AM (#30954355)
Perforce usually does check out check in precisely because artists hate diffs.
Re:Ask HN: Why is visual programming so popular for game pro... by oneoff786 on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:27AM (#30957204)
No. Which is very frustrating, because bp seem to be storeable as a json sort of thing which you can copy paste into text, but gets saved to get as a binary thing.