Backstitch Launcher

A launcher for Backstitch. When dropped in a project, this launcher will ensure you have the correct version of Backstitch and Godot, and run your project.

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How to Use

1. Download the latest release.
2. Unzip the folder, and place its contents in the root directory.
3. If you use Git, merge the .gitignore.template with your own .gitignore.
4. Run the launcher for your platform to open your project with the latest version of Backstitch:
   • macOS: run backstitch-launcher-macos.app
   • Windows: run backstitch-launcher-windows.exe
   • Linux: run backstitch-launcher-linux

Configuration

The Backstitch Launcher has a variety of useful command-line arguments. To view a list of arguments, type backstitch-launcher-windows.exe --help (for Windows, or an equivalent for your platform).

Alternatively, you may include a section for configuration in your backstitch.cfg like so:

[backstitch_launcher]
dotnet="<auto|true|false>" # Whether to use the .NET build of Godot. If set to auto (default), it automatically checks for .NET build files and picks a .NET version if so.
allow_prerelease=<true|false> # Whether to allow downloading pre-release versions of Backstitch.
godot_path="<GODOT_PATH>" # Skip the Godot download and open the exe from a path instead. 
godot_url="<GODOT_URL>" # Specify a custom Godot URL to download from. Cross-platform support doesn't work, so it had better match your mono and platform versions!

Command-line specified arguments will take precedence over the [backstitch_launcher] section.