Reference-only sources and tools.

This directory contains external projects used to compare WoW file-format behavior and editor pipelines while implementing OpenWC. Runtime code should not depend on anything in this directory.

Godot project scanning is disabled for this directory by `.gdignore`. Reference
assets remain available to Git, text search and external tooling, but Godot must
not generate `.import` sidecars inside nested reference repositories.

## Git reference revisions

Remote branches were fetched with pruning and the checked-out default branches
were fast-forwarded on 2026-08-12. The parent repository pins the exact commits
through gitlinks; `.gitmodules` records the branch used for an intentional future
`git submodule update --remote`. Inspect local state before advancing the parent
gitlink pins; checked-out branches in this refresh used `git pull --ff-only`.

| Reference | Canonical branch | Pinned commit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `open-realm` | `main` | `550973e5172e13f8d0178cbeb69611d5af68935c` |
| `whoa` | `master` | `ea1345636045635ac601b7d525eb0c38c6c0f6dd` |
| `WoWee` | `master` | `8456c236b57140e98667d6d8188f5cd1cc226daf` |
| `WowUnreal` | `main` | `c2a4b9827b2e7672e799085c5bf631d37c4ca5d3` |
| `wow.export` | `main` | `c2fd7bde36a712be78a5da896c995b84fbfa2545` |
| `blender-wow-studio/.../pywowlib` | `master` | `55276dc5c2195da7fe136638a2a59716622f8c65` |

`blender-wow-studio-3.4-1.1.0_Experimental` and `noggit-red` are tracked
snapshots, not top-level gitlinks. They do not have a local branch and require a
separate, provenance-checked snapshot refresh instead of a blind pull. The
embedded `pywowlib` gitlink is maintained independently as listed above.

- `blender-wow-studio-3.4-1.1.0_Experimental/` - Blender add-on sources for M2/WMO import/export reference.
- `wow.export/` - wow.export source tree and Blender OBJ importer reference.
- `noggit-red/` - Noggit RED source tree from `https://gitlab.com/dirtbikercj/noggit-red`, used as a reference for WoW 3.3.5 map editing, ADT/WMO/M2 placement behavior, UID handling and editor workflows.