From 156c402f2bfd391f2b1160710ff206f4427b8501 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kobewi <kobewi4e@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:37:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow to save override.cfg with ProjectSettings

---
 core/config/project_settings.cpp | 2 +-
 doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml  | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/config/project_settings.cpp b/core/config/project_settings.cpp
index c872ae21626..02effc20011 100644
--- a/core/config/project_settings.cpp
+++ b/core/config/project_settings.cpp
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ Error ProjectSettings::save_custom(const String &p_path, const CustomMap &p_cust
 		custom_features += f;
 	}
 
-	if (p_path.ends_with(".godot")) {
+	if (p_path.ends_with(".godot") || p_path.ends_with("override.cfg")) {
 		return _save_settings_text(p_path, props, p_custom, custom_features);
 	} else if (p_path.ends_with(".binary")) {
 		return _save_settings_binary(p_path, props, p_custom, custom_features);
diff --git a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
index b056eff658a..5d29526ee17 100644
--- a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 			</return>
 			<description>
 				Saves the configuration to the [code]project.godot[/code] file.
+				[b]Note:[/b] This method is intended to be used by editor plugins, as modified [ProjectSettings] can't be loaded back in the running app. If you want to change project settings in exported projects, use [method save_custom] to save [code]override.cfg[/code] file.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="save_custom">
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@
 			<argument index="0" name="file" type="String">
 			</argument>
 			<description>
-				Saves the configuration to a custom file. The file extension must be [code].godot[/code] (to save in text-based [ConfigFile] format) or [code].binary[/code] (to save in binary format).
+				Saves the configuration to a custom file. The file extension must be [code].godot[/code] (to save in text-based [ConfigFile] format) or [code].binary[/code] (to save in binary format). You can also save [code]override.cfg[/code] file, which is also text, but can be used in exported projects unlike other formats.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="set_initial_value">