Versioning for blueprints

[leoch]

I have quite a few complex blueprints that have gone through several revisions.

Can we please get:

• version control for blueprint books
• ability to update a blueprint without wiping, recreating from scratch, and renaming

[BlackKnight]

I know what you mean ..though don't really think many changes need to be made.

- Upgrading: I can't think of an easier solution to this than placing the blueprint, making adjustments and then saving it as a new blueprint -- possibly with a new label affixed (v1,v2,v3...etc).

- Last Modified Date/Timestamps would be useful. Additionally, the game version should also be saved providing an easy solution when browsing blueprints online and knowing how compatible they are with your current game version. If implemented, it would be even more useful to have these as plaintext in the exported string so anyone who shared it would know immediately if it was from an old game build for example.

eg
2017.05.30/13:00/F:0.15.16/0eNqV0N0KgkAQBeB3OdcrqGnFvkpE+DPUgM6Ku1Yi++6tdhMkkZeznP2GORPKZqCuZ3HQE7gyYqFPEyxfpWjmNzd2BA121EJBinaeHsbUJFF1I+vgFVhqekIn/qxA4tgxvZ1lGC8ytCX1IbAuKHTGhk9G5o0BikJwhI69V19Gus2IkjVk9ycS/zCyTUa4JZSz1Kg/Wle4U2+X8D7L0jzPj3Fy8P4F8fmH3Q==

[DemRat]

Given that placing ghosts is a thing, it'd be nice if we could use the same feature to add stuff to blueprints directly.

We can already have any imaginable blueprint anyway by simply creating it in another game and saving it locally, so it'd just make 'creating the right blueprint' or 'fixing this slightly wrong blueprint' easier.

[BlackKnight]

Given that placing ghosts is a thing, it'd be nice if we could use the same feature to add stuff to blueprints directly.
We can already have any imaginable blueprint anyway by simply creating it in another game and saving it locally, so it'd just make 'creating the right blueprint' or 'fixing this slightly wrong blueprint' easier.

Thanks to your inspiration DemRat, a link back from my proposed Blueprint Creative Mode: For Creating/Editing/Testing blueprint designs
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49357

[ssilk]

Some added idea: https://github.com/mkottman/lua-git

The idea is: Blueprints can be stored as string. Git can handle the diffs between the versions of that string.

[Ripshaft]

I have quite a few complex blueprints that have gone through several revisions.

Can we please get:

• version control for blueprint books
• ability to update a blueprint without wiping, recreating from scratch, and renaming

I endorse this idea, has not felt right to delete my old blueprints as I update them with newer versions, it's like I'm throwing away progress. Part of the joys of factorio is looking back on your old factories and ruins and seeing the mark you left, old blueprints seem like part of this.


Also I suggest the developers add the word 'factorio'/Factorio' to the spell checker dictionary hahaha, seems funny that the name of the game gets highlighted =p (did you mean, 'factorize'?)