Established individual topic for each UnityDataTool command#43
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Remove duplicated reference section in main readme that would be hard to maintain A few edits based on review.
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Pull request overview
This PR reorganizes the UnityDataTool documentation by splitting the monolithic README into individual command-specific pages. The main README now serves as a quick reference hub with links to detailed documentation for each command (analyze, dump, archive, find-refs).
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- Restructured README with command table and quick start examples
- Created individual markdown files for each command with detailed usage, examples, and troubleshooting
- Improved navigation with consistent formatting and cross-references
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| UnityDataTool/README.md | Condensed main README into overview with command table, quick start examples, and links to detailed docs |
| UnityDataTool/Commands/analyze.md | Detailed analyze command documentation including options, examples, troubleshooting, and performance considerations |
| UnityDataTool/Commands/dump.md | Complete dump command reference with archive support explanation and PPtr details |
| UnityDataTool/Commands/archive.md | Documentation for archive list/extract sub-commands with comparison table |
| UnityDataTool/Commands/find-refs.md | Reference finder command docs with use cases, output format explanation, and experimental warning |
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| | Command | Output | Use Case | | ||
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| | `archive extract` | Binary SerializedFiles, .resS anything else inside the archive content | When you need all the raw files inside an archive | |
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Missing punctuation. Should be 'Binary SerializedFiles, .resS, and anything else inside the archive content' or 'Binary SerializedFiles, .resS files, and anything else inside the archive content'.
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| | `archive extract` | Binary SerializedFiles, .resS anything else inside the archive content | When you need all the raw files inside an archive | | |
| | `archive extract` | Binary SerializedFiles, .resS files, and anything else inside the archive content | When you need all the raw files inside an archive | |
| | **Entities content** | `StreamingAssets/ContentArchives` folder for [Entities](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.entities@1.4/manual/content-management-intro.html) projects | | ||
| | **Player Data folder** | The `Data` folder of a Unity Player build | | ||
| | **Compressed Player builds** | The `data.unity3d` file will be analyzed like AssetBundles | | ||
| | **BuildReport files** | The build report is typically found at a path like `Library/LastBuild.buildreport`and is a binary serialized file | |
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Missing space between backtick and 'and'. Should be Library/LastBuild.buildreport and is a binary serialized file.
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| A real life analyze of a big Addressables build shows how large a difference this can make: | ||
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| * 208 seconds and producted a 500MB database (not specifying --skip-reference) |
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Corrected spelling of 'producted' to 'produced'.
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| * 208 seconds and producted a 500MB database (not specifying --skip-reference) | |
| * 208 seconds and produced a 500MB database (not specifying --skip-reference) |
| | `m_FileID` | Index into External References list (0 = same file) | | ||
| | `m_PathID` | Object's Local File Identifier (LFID) in that file | | ||
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| A null reference will have value m_FileID = 0, m_PathID = 0 |
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Grammatically incorrect. Should be 'A null reference will have values m_FileID = 0, m_PathID = 0' (plural 'values').
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| A null reference will have value m_FileID = 0, m_PathID = 0 | |
| A null reference will have values m_FileID = 0, m_PathID = 0 |
| | **Entities content** | `StreamingAssets/ContentArchives` folder for [Entities](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.entities@1.4/manual/content-management-intro.html) projects | | ||
| | **Player Data folder** | The `Data` folder of a Unity Player build | | ||
| | **Compressed Player builds** | The `data.unity3d` file will be analyzed like AssetBundles | | ||
| | **BuildReport files** | The build report is typically found at a path like `Library/LastBuild.buildreport`and is a binary serialized file | |
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| | **BuildReport files** | The build report is typically found at a path like `Library/LastBuild.buildreport`and is a binary serialized file | | |
| | **BuildReport files** | The build report is typically found at a path like `Library/LastBuild.buildreport` and is a binary serialized file | |
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Split up the README file for UnityDataTool so that its easier to see the list of commands
Establish more structure to the documentation comment.