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.sublime-package files

#1

I don’t really understand the thinking behind the .sublime-package files. Users will never want to look at packages, and when they do it is probably because they want to read the code or modify them. They seem to get in my way because:

  1. I can’t easily tweak packages
  2. I can’t easily read existing plugins to learn how they work
  3. I can’t easily search inside packages to find out which one is causing problems
  4. Overriding a file from Installed Packages in Packages leads to uncertainty about which is being used

Is there any way to stop Package Control from creating .sublime-package files, and instead unpack all into Packages?

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#2

This is done probably to read the files faster, I agree it complicates everything but I dont think this gonna change.

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#3

Not currently. I think there may be a package to unpack packages, but it sounds to me like you’ll want to check the package out from a VCS anyway if you are going to start randomly editing files.

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