Yes, as for implementing the commands, you have a few options:
Option one: Global Variable for command bar access
I experimented with using the global _G variable to access from the built in Roblox Studio command bar. Here’s some example code I wrote real quick to make a local plugin that would allow for potential commands in the form of a modulescript.
local toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("test for global commands")
local pluginButton = toolbar:CreateButton(
"global Script",
"global script to test _G var",
"rbxassetid://8740888472") --random icon
--examples of methods to showcase file saving, reverting using global variable
--Usage here would be typing in the command bar(in studio), as in
-- _G.commit_file(game.ServerScriptService.Script) (assuming there is a valid script in serverScriptservice
-- Services
local selectionService = game:GetService('Selection')
local storage = game:GetService('ServerStorage')
local SES = game:GetService('ScriptEditorService')
-- Setup versions folder
local function setupVersionsFolder()
local versions = storage:FindFirstChild('Versions')
if not versions then
versions = Instance.new('Folder')
versions.Name = 'Versions'
versions.Parent = storage
end
return versions
end
local versions = setupVersionsFolder()
-- Main code
local selected
local commitHistory = {}
-- Functions
local function getSelected()
local selectedObj = nil
if selectionService:Get()[1] then
selectedObj = game:GetService('Selection'):Get()[1]
end
return selectedObj
end
local function notify(MSG)
if MSG == string then
warn(string.upper(MSG))
else
warn(MSG)
end
end
-- Global functions
function _G.commit_file(selected)
if not versions:FindFirstChild(selected.Name) then
local f = Instance.new('Folder')
f.Name = selected.Name
local cv = Instance.new('NumberValue')
cv.Name = 'CV'
cv.Value = 1.1
cv.Parent = f
f.Parent = versions
end
local currentV = versions:FindFirstChild(selected.Name)
local cv = currentV:FindFirstChild('CV')
local saveFile = Instance.new("Script")
local code = SES:GetEditorSource(selected)
SES:UpdateSourceAsync(saveFile, function(old)
return code
end)
local newNum = cv.Value + 0.1
local num = string.sub(tostring(newNum), 1, #string.split(tostring(math.floor(newNum)), "") + 2)
saveFile.Name = num
cv.Value = newNum
saveFile.Parent = currentV
table.insert(commitHistory, {name = currentV.Name, file = saveFile, timeStamp = os.time(), versionNum = cv.Value })
warn("NEW VERSION CREATED, V:"..num)
warn('NEW VERSION CREATED: ', saveFile)
end
function _G.revert_file(selected)
if versions:FindFirstChild(selected.Name) then
local vc = versions:FindFirstChild(selected.Name)
local newNum = vc:FindFirstChild('CV').Value -- 0.1
local num = string.sub(tostring(newNum), 1, #string.split(tostring(math.floor(newNum)), "") + 2)
local last = vc:FindFirstChild(num)
if last then
warn('Loading')
local code = SES:GetEditorSource(last)
local success, err = pcall(function()
SES:UpdateSourceAsync(selected, function(old)
return code
end)
end)
if success then
notify('Successfully loaded version '..num)
warn('Successfully loaded version '..num)
else
notify("FAILED: "..err)
warn(err)
end
else
notify("NO VERSION TO REVERT TO.")
warn('NO VERSION TO REVERT TO')
end
end
end
function _G.show_history()
if #commitHistory == 0 then
notify("No commit history available")
else
notify("Current history:")
for _, entry in ipairs(commitHistory) do
notify(string.format("Name: %s, Version: %.1f, Timestamp: %s", entry.name, entry.versionNum, os.date("%c", entry.timeStamp)))
end
end
end
function _G.clear_history()
if #commitHistory == 0 then
notify("No commit history to clear")
else
commitHistory = {}
notify("Commit history cleared")
end
end
Option 2: Using custom GUI to create a textbox/textarea
This is some example code you could use to create a textbox in the coregui for entering commands too.
local coreGUI = game:GetService('CoreGui')
local GUI = Instance.new("ScreenGui")
GUI.Parent = coreGUI
local textBox = Instance.new("TextBox")
textBox.Size = UDim2.new(0, 300, 0, 50)
textBox.Position = UDim2.new(0.5, -150, 0.5, -25)
textBox.PlaceholderText = "Enter command here..."
textBox.Parent = GUI
-- Command Handling
textBox.FocusLost:Connect(function(enterPressed)
if enterPressed then
local command = textBox.Text
textBox.Text = ""
local selected = getSelected()
if command == "commit" then
_G.commit_file(selected)
elseif command == "revert" then
_G.revert_file(selected)
elseif command == "show history" then
_G.show_history()
elseif command == "clear history" then
_G.clear_history()
else
notify("Unknown command: " .. command)
end
end
end)
You could also probably use hotkeys for easier usage of commands.
