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Provider.GetAssetByGUID

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public static VersionControl.Asset GetAssetByGUID(string guid);

Parameters

guid GUID of asset.

Description

Returns version control information about an asset from a given GUID.

Returns null if the GUID is not known by the Unity Editor.

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.VersionControl;
using UnityEngine;

public class EditorScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    [MenuItem("Version Control/GetAssetByGUID")]
    static void ExampleGetAssetByGUID()
    {
        string guid = AssetDatabase.AssetPathToGUID("Assets/ExampleAsset.mat");
        AssetList assets = new AssetList();
        assets.Add(Provider.GetAssetByGUID(guid));
        Debug.Log("Found an asset:  " + assets[0].name.ToString());
    }
}

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