Removed copying Packages folder and replaced it with symlinking

[brogan89]

Fixes Bug #57

[brogan89]

Satisfies feature request #58

[mikz]

This was revered in f3a9c52 because of #23

Probably better to double down on 1646510 rather than going back. Unity does not really like that folder symlinked.

Or can you confirm that is no longer the case?

[brogan89]

This was revered in f3a9c52 because of #23

Interesting. I"ve never experienced that issue.

Or can you confirm that is no longer the case?

I can only confirm for the version of Unity that I'm using which is the tech stream 2021.2.8 and a few patch versions before that. I've been using my fork of the project for the last few months and it's been fine, no issues updating packages.

[mikz]

Well, it was not really problem about updating packages. But Unity showed a window "Resolving packages" for a few seconds whenever you changed focus between windows or when some script was changed. That was quite annoying.

[mikz]

I tried it with 2021.1.28 and I can't reproduce #23 but entirely new issue appears.
If I open two Rider windows it starts consuming 100% CPU and overriding each other's packages.

I think this behaviour should be configurable as depending on the workflow it might cause issues.

[314pies]

Hi folks!

Thanks for bringing this up; Will take a deeper look when available.

[mikz]

Maybe just a button in menu to force the sync would be ok too. You don't change packages very often.

[fangjunzhou]

Maybe just a button in menu to force the sync would be ok too. You don't change packages very often.

I've added a preference checkbox to let users decide whether to sync Package, I'm not sure if that helps. Latter I will try to add another feature to force sync the Package folder. I still think this is important. At least for me, I changed package directory very often.

[kamyker]

I tried it with 2021.1.28 and I can't reproduce #23 but entirely new issue appears. If I open two Rider windows it starts consuming 100% CPU and overriding each other's packages.

I think this behaviour should be configurable as depending on the workflow it might cause issues.

No issues for me in Unity 2023, imo Package symlinking should be on by default.

[RunninglVlan]

README is also confusing - it tells that Packages are symlinked, when in fact they're just copied