Scripter Javascript Tutorial

92 Versioning

Versioning scripts becomes important once they have a small amount of complexity. Most Logic Pro users likely already back up Logic Pro projects, plugins, samples, and anything else they’ve spent time and/or money on, and scripts should be no different. There are many ways to handle versioning for code and what’s offered here is the most basic to make it as easy as possible for users who don’t code professionally. (Professional coders would use code versioning software like git or SVN, but using those go beyond the scope of this book.) There are two simple ways to managing versioning: maintaining a change history, and saving a new file for each change.