# Fmodstudiosettings.asset keeps appearing in git without changing anything **URL:** \ **Category:** Unity\ **Created:** [June 10, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318 "2021-06-10T02:21:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ali\_aboshady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ali\_aboshady](https://qa.fmod.com/u/ali_aboshady)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/1 "2021-06-10T02:21:55Z")
I ran the game to test it and then exited out of play mode and didn’t do anything. I looked in git and there wasn’t any change. Then when I closed unity, I saw that a “change” happened in fmodstudiosettings.asset. This happens a lot. Should I put this file in gitignore? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![richard\_simms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/richard_simms/32/261_2.png) [@richard\_simms](https://qa.fmod.com/u/richard_simms)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/2 "2021-06-11T02:44:18Z")
That settings file should not be added to the git ignore file. That file contains all the settings for the project, so if it’s ignored in Git other developers will need to set everything up again There is a gitignore file you can use over on GitHub which will show you what files to include: [https://fmod.com/resources/documentation-unity?version=2.02&page=user-guide.html#using-source-control](https://fmod.com/resources/documentation-unity?version=2.02&page=user-guide.html#using-source-control) ---
**Author:** ![ali\_aboshady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ali\_aboshady](https://qa.fmod.com/u/ali_aboshady)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/3 "2021-06-11T14:06:03Z")
Thank you for replying. Ok but why does it keep coming up without changing anything? I tried committing this file once and it still came up. ---
**Author:** ![richard\_simms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/richard_simms/32/261_2.png) [@richard\_simms](https://qa.fmod.com/u/richard_simms)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/4 "2021-06-15T02:11:51Z")
Are you able to diff the file on your computer with the file on the server? How do they differ? ---
**Author:** ![fendercodes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/fendercodes/32/2971_2.png) [@fendercodes](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fendercodes)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/5 "2021-12-22T23:19:35Z")
I’m having the same issue. All of our developers keep seeing this file change every time they work on the project but none of them are touching FMOD (or even have it installed except the audio engineers). Here is an example of what is changing. ![diff](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/4/4a66896fc8b0235b38bbd80d2bc151d27d797fb6.png) ---
**Author:** ![richard\_simms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/richard_simms/32/261_2.png) [@richard\_simms](https://qa.fmod.com/u/richard_simms)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/6 "2021-12-30T04:44:58Z")
If you have one user check in an updated version of the Fmodstudiosettings.asset file and everyone syncs up to this latest file, do you still observe the source control finding changes in this file? ---
**Author:** ![richard\_simms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/richard_simms/32/261_2.png) [@richard\_simms](https://qa.fmod.com/u/richard_simms)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/7 "2022-01-04T04:53:09Z")
I’ve been testing this behaviour and I can get this to happen with older versions of FMOD for Unity but not with the latest. Could you please update to the latest version of the FMOD for Unity you are on and see if you are experiencing the same issue? ---
**Author:** ![fendercodes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/fendercodes/32/2971_2.png) [@fendercodes](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fendercodes)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/8 "2022-01-04T18:49:25Z")
We upgraded Unity and so far haven’t noticed this issue. I’ll let you know if it pops up again! ---
**Author:** ![devDarjeeling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@devDarjeeling](https://qa.fmod.com/u/devDarjeeling)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/9 "2022-05-16T13:18:58Z")
Can you specify in what version the problem is present and what version fixed it ? I’m working with 2.02.04 and I also have this issue. Wondering if it was fixed in later releases or not. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![richard\_simms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/richard_simms/32/261_2.png) [@richard\_simms](https://qa.fmod.com/u/richard_simms)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/10 "2022-05-18T01:07:52Z")
I don’t remember which exact version I used, but it seems like 2.02.05 was the latest at the time of my post. Can you update to 2.02.05 or later and check if you are seeing the same issue? ---
**Author:** ![mahdijeddi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/mahdijeddi/32/3988_2.png) [@mahdijeddi](https://qa.fmod.com/u/mahdijeddi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/11 "2023-02-27T12:13:38Z")
We’ve got the same problem since started using FMOD. We’re now on Unity 2022.2.7f1 with FMOD 2.02.07 and still having this issue. It seems that it just reorders the list every time the project is opened on a new machine. It gets really annoying because FMOD breaks and spams lots of error messages when this file is edited outside of the Unity, and we have to restart the editor to fix it. Just happened to me again: ![1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/9/993fa926df819aa2751241cd18621030a5ec9ba2.jpeg) with this error message: ArgumentException: An item with the same key has already been added. Key: PS4 System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[TKey,TValue].TryInsert (TKey key, TValue value, System.Collections.Generic.InsertionBehavior behavior) (at <83161767e3f34f4a9c1453ea3e22d1f1>:0) System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[TKey,TValue].Add (TKey key, TValue value) (at \<83161767e3f34f4a9c1453ea3e22d1f1\>:0) FMODUnity.EditorSettings.AddPlatformForBuildTargets (FMODUnity.Platform platform) (at Assets/Plugins/FMOD/src/Editor/EditorSettings.cs:85) FMODUnity.Settings.LinkPlatform (FMODUnity.Platform platform) (at Assets/Plugins/FMOD/src/Settings.cs:446) FMODUnity.Settings.ForEachPlatform (System.Action`1[T] action) (at Assets/Plugins/FMOD/src/Settings.cs:412) FMODUnity.Settings.OnEnable () (at Assets/Plugins/FMOD/src/Settings.cs:631) UnityEngine.Resources:Load(String) FMODUnity.Settings:Initialize() (at Assets/Plugins/FMOD/src/Settings.cs:263) FMODUnity.EditorUtils:CallStartupMethodsWhenReady() (at Assets/Plugins/FMOD/src/Editor/EditorUtils.cs:439) UnityEditor.EditorApplication:Internal\_CallUpdateFunctions() ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/andrew/32/261_2.png) [@Andrew](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/12 "2023-02-27T23:11:19Z")
~~Don’t include it in your source control. FMOD will generate it on each machine as needed - you can ignore it for source control.~~ ---
**Author:** ![mahdijeddi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/mahdijeddi/32/3988_2.png) [@mahdijeddi](https://qa.fmod.com/u/mahdijeddi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/13 "2023-03-11T16:29:39Z")
Oh, interesting! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ITR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f07891/32.png) [@ITR](https://qa.fmod.com/u/ITR)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/14 "2024-01-24T08:10:07Z")
Hi, this goes counter to what’s written on every other thread about this. Should FMODStudioSettings.asset be in gitignore or not? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/andrew/32/261_2.png) [@Andrew](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmodstudiosettings-asset-keeps-appearing-in-git-without-changing-anything/17318/15 "2024-01-24T20:36:59Z")
Wow, good catch. My statement was incorrect. FMODStudioSettings.asset should _not_ be in gitignore, it _should_ be added to source control. My apologies.