UE5-Git-Init

Xist's UE5 Git Init: Initial Contents for a New Git Repo

You can copy the .gitignore and .gitattributes files from this empty repo into your new empty repo to initialize it for a UE5 project before you import any files.

This .gitattributes enables LFS for binary project assets. You could potentially use a different setup if you do not want to use LFS for some reason.

Make sure you keep the text file settings RE *.bat, *.sh at the top of .gitattributes, those are important for UE5 projects to function correctly on different platforms.

Download Instructions

$GitInitRepoUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/XistGG/UE5-Git-Init/main"

# REQUIRED: Copy .gitignore and .gitattributes
curl -O $GitInitRepoUrl/.gitignore
curl -O $GitInitRepoUrl/.gitattributes

# OPTIONAL: Copy Github/Rider/VS .editorconfig
curl -O $GitInitRepoUrl/.editorconfig

# OPTIONAL: Copy MIT LICENSE (free use for anyone including commercial)
curl -O $GitInitRepoUrl/LICENSE

Example Usage

git init

git lfs install

git add .gitignore .gitattributes

git commit -m "Initialize UE5 Git Repo"

These files are used by Xist's How to Create a Lyra Repo tutorial.