sublime text 3 and package control

Question

I installed sublime text 3 editor and package control on my computer, but many of the packages only work on sublime text 2. However, I read articles on how branching to st3 could be a work around. But, I have no idea what that means, how can one branch to st3?

Answer 1

Please follow the instructions at: https://packagecontrol.io/installation

Answer 2

Do you mean in Package Control or for other packages? For Package Control, you need to manually clone the git repo. Then do git checkout python3. For installing packages, you need to add the branch URLs as an external repository. For example, one of my plugins that I have a ST3 branch on is AdvancedNewFile. To install the ST3 branch, I would have do the following.

1. In the command palette search for "Package Control: Add Repository"
2. In the input panel, insert https://github.com/skuroda/Sublime-AdvancedNewFile/tree/ST3
3. Install AdvancedNewFile normally through package control.

The URL can be found by clicking the Branch dropdown on github and selecting the appropriate branch.

Answer 3

If you want to use a Sublime 2 Package on Sublime 3, you can install the Package Manager as described here.

Then CTRL+ALT+P > Package Control: Add Repository > Paste the GitHub (or repository) URL > Install the package normally.

This doesn't guarantee the package will work, so you must check if there's a branch or something which is compatible with Sublime 3. I did that with freewizard/SublimeFormatSQL since one of the commits said 'Added Sublime Text 3 support', and it worked.