Migrating from Rojo v0.4 to v0.5 - how do I partition nested folders?

noigami · August 28, 2019, 7:42am

I’m using Rojo and am trying to migrate from v0.4.13 to v0.5 since the Visual Studio Rojo plugin forced me to upgrade. This requires that I update my rojo.json file to default.project.json. Previously, I was able to make partition targets directly to StarterPlayerScripts and StarterCharacterScripts (both are nested in the StarterPlayer folder). But with the new json structure, I’m not sure how to do it or if it can be done.

Here was my previous v0.4’s rojo.json

{
	"name": "RojoProject",
	"servePort": 8000,
	"partitions": {
		"ReplicatedStorage_MyOtherFolder": {
			"path": "MyOtherPath",
			"target": "ReplicatedStorage.MyOtherFolder"
		},
		"StarterPlayer_StarterPlayerScripts_MyFolder": {
			"path": "MyPath",
			"target": "StarterPlayer.StarterPlayerScripts.MyFolder"
		}
	}
}

And here’s my failed attempt to convert it to v0.5’s default.project.json

{
	"name": "RojoProject",
	"tree": {
		"$className": "DataModel",
		"ReplicatedStorage": {
			"$className": "ReplicatedStorage",
			"MyOtherFolder": {
				"$path": "MyOtherPath"
			}
		},

		"StarterPlayer": {
			"$className": "StarterPlayer",
			"StarterPlayerScripts": {
				"$className": "StarterPlayerScripts",
				"tree": {
					"$className": "DataModel",
					"MyFolder": {
						"$path": "MyPath"
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

The ReplicatedStorage part will work fine alone because it is not targeting a nested folder. The StarterPlayerScripts will not. Putting “/” or “.” in the name also does not work since it’d just name the folder with the “/” or “.”.

How do I format my default.project.json code to target nested folders?

ThanksRoBama · August 28, 2019, 2:42pm

Sorry, I can’t answer your question. But in the past I’ve had great success with asking for help on the dedicated Rojo discord. The creator of Rojo was super helpful and nice and willing to answer questions. I haven’t used Rojo in a long time, so I don’t know if that’s still an option.

Rhaoke · August 28, 2019, 3:40pm

Download your place as an rbxlx file, then use this tool to convert it into a folder that you can open with vscode and all of your nested scripts/folders should be working fine.