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I'm new to godotengine and want to make a project and upload it on github. I just get confused that those *.import files which are created automatically on adding a new assets and *.tres files which we make to save our tileset maps or something else are needed to be uploaded? thanks.

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Keep them. Include them in your version control system. They are text based (basically INI files) and fairly small, and so play well with version control.

*.tres files

The *.tres files can - and often exist - without a file that was imported. If an *.tres file is missing… You are screwed.

and *.tres files which we make to save our tileset

It is not mandatory to use the "save" option on your TileSet. If you add a TileMap, give it a new TileSet and save the Scene, the TileSet is saved in as part of the scene file.

Saving it to a *.tres file will allow you reuse it (on different TileMaps, potentially on different scenes). And it also means it can be modified independently (which is good for version control).

Once you saved it to a *.tres file, that file IS your TileSet, it describes what sections of what textures is what tile. As I said, if the file is missing, you are screwed. You would have to do that again.

What tile is placed where is part of the TileMap data, part of the scene.

*.import files

There a partial here: Godot: what are .import files, and should you commit them to git?. I'll elaborate further.

The *.import files include import configuration (what you set in the Import panel). Know that they must exist along side the imported file. If an .import file is missing Godot will re-import with the default settings (which is not good if you changed them) and recreate the *.import file.

It is also worth mentioning that the *.import files reference files in the .import folder (.godot/imported in Godot 4.0). But there is no need to include that folder. It is a read only cache, it contains duplicates of the resources in a binary format convenient for Godot (and thus not good for version control). With the original file and the *.import file, Godot reconstructs it.

See Files generated on the import process:

Importing will add an extra .import file, containing the import configuration. Make sure to commit these to your version control system!

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