Project Manager only preserves projects in the projects directory setting

[Spartan322]

Tested versions

• Reproducible in: v4.2.2.stable.official [15073af]
• Tested but cannot be reproduced in: v4.2.1.stable.official [b09f793]

System information

Godot v4.2.2.stable - Arch Linux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:06:35 +0000 - X11 - Vulkan (Forward+) - dedicated AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (RADV POLARIS10) () - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor (12 Threads)

Issue description

I expect that if I import a project or scan project directories, the project manager would remember those projects, not just the ones in the filesystem/directories/autoscan_project_path editor setting.

But starting with 4.2.2 the project manager never recalls projects not listed in that path.

Steps to reproduce

• Start Godot
• Import a project not in the editor path
• Close and restart Godot
• See project is not in list

Minimal reproduction project (MRP)

N/A

[akien-mga]

I don't seem to reproduce the issue on Fedora 39.

I wonder if you were not running Godot 4.2.1 in self-contained mode, which makes it use a different editor settings file than others? There would be a ._sc_ file next to it if so.

Edit: Actually I can reproduce the issue after setting the filesystem/directories/autoscan_project_path setting. Thankfully I don't think it's a very commonly used setting (hard to discover), so it's not too critical. Will look for a fix for 4.2.3.

[akien-mga]

This appears to be a regression from #86271. I think it made a wrong assumption about what to do when using filesystem/directories/autoscan_project_path, seems like an easy fix.

It affects 4.3 too, reproducible from 4.3-dev1 and 4.2.2-rc1.

The workaround for affected users is to unset filesystem/directories/autoscan_project_path for now, and just scan that path manually when adding new projects to it.