Is there a way to configure Node-RED to create separate flow.json files - one for each "flow" (aka tab) within the set of flows for a given Node-RED Git enabled project? The reason being is that as an overall flow gets large it is convenient to be able to move a set of nodes to a specific flow/tab …

A very interesting demand. I second that. :+1:

so Microsoft lightswitch started with a single file - then moved to multiple files - then the project folded.... not sure that is a path we want to follow :slight_smile:

@dceejay , it's easy: just do the "multiple files" feature while avoiding the "project folding" feature ... :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Hi, Yes this has been discussed lots of times. There is an item on the backlog for looking at how to split up the flow file.

We had an internal plugin in the past that did exactly that. It does help git workflows to some extent. I also wrote a public node that converts flows to YAML, the nice thing is it allows multiline function nodes so diffs are easier. Having both possibilities would be the best, we also work with ver…

Had a discussion on Twitter about this today ( https://twitter.com/tiefpunkt/status/1238969993146105858 ). Has anyone gotten any further on this? My goal would be to be able to put each Flow/Tab into a different git repo and manage them separately, but I guess the first step would be to split the flo…

I put something together, just a very quick thing: https://github.com/tiefpunkt/node-red-splitstorage The idea was to take the content of each tab and put it into a separate file, and then have a "main" file with the tabs and all the config nodes that aren't tied to a tab. If the normal flows file …

Hello @adenysen , I also had the same thing in mind because it's easier to maintain if you work on a big project, especially if you need to merge changes of nodes, which is much harder to do with a gigantic master flow JSON file. Came up with the following module: node-red-contrib-flow-manager See…

Is the item for multiple flow files per tab still on the backlog? Can we leverage on the work done by @AlonAmiraabluedragon ?

Hello @knolleary @dceejay , I am just curious to know that do we expect this feature to be released in near future. I am loving the 2.0 major release. Kudos to the complete team involved in making it happen. I love the debugger and eslint options now. I am very much keen to understand If we can a…

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