https://github.com/memo/msa_pathversioner

https://github.com/memo/msa_pathversioner

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/memo/msa_pathversioner
• Owner: memo
• Created: 2023-09-05T05:42:40.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-05T15:44:28.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-20T00:47:57.106Z (about 1 year ago)
• Size: 2.19 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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# msa_pathversioner

A tiny Houdini Digital Asset (HDA) to manage versioning with cache. It browses and lists as a dropdown, all subfolders of a specified cache root folder, and constructs a path to be used by other nodes (such as FileCache, Render etc).

![screenshot](screenshot.png)

## Goals

 - Easily view any cache from any version of a HIP. E.g. view the cache generated from `MyProject.001.hip` when working in `MyProject.003.hip`.

 - Given a cache (or its render), quickly retrieve the settings, configuration and network that led to it (i.e. open the HIP in its filename)

## Details

The HDA displays (as a dropdown menu) the available folders which contain a cache, allowing you to select which version of the cache to use.

The default path for caches are constructed as:

`//cache///..F4.bgeo.sc`

E.g.

`/OUT/MyProject/cache/particles/MyProject.001/particles.MyProject.001.9999.bgeo.sc`

- ``: user supplied root output directory (e.g. an `OUT` folder on a drive)

- ``: `$HIPNAME` without the version number (e.g. `MyProject`)

- ``: user supplied descriptive name (e.g. `particles` or `fluid` etc.)

- ``: user selected HIP filename to use (e.g. `Current HIP File`, `MyProject.001`, `MyProject.002` etc.)

The HDA itself doesn't do any caching or anything else. It is just a UI for constructing a path. The `final path` parameter can be copy-pasted as a reference into the path field of any other node (e.g. FileCache, Render etc).

More info and motivation at https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/91845/

## Example Directory Tree

```

    # Houdini source folder

    └── Houdini

        ├── MyProject.001.hiplc

        ├── MyProject.002.hiplc

        └── MyProject.003.hiplc

    # Elsewhere, Output folder

    └── OUT

        └── MyProject

            └── cache

                └── particles

                    ├── MyProject.001

                    │   ├── particles.MyProject.001.0001.bgeo.sc

                    │   ├── particles.MyProject.001.0002.bgeo.sc

                    │   ├── particles.MyProject.001.0003.bgeo.sc

                    └── MyProject.002

                        ├── particles.MyProject.002.0001.bgeo.sc

                        ├── particles.MyProject.002.0002.bgeo.sc

                        ├── particles.MyProject.002.0003.bgeo.sc

```