contents.json

What you will find here #

• What is contents.json.
• What for it is and who uses it.
• Automatizing the process.

contents.json #

contents.json is a file located in RP|BP/contents.json. This file contains list of all files in pack. Example:

{
    "content": [
		{
            "path": "texts/en_US.lang"
        },
		{
			"path": "contents.json"
		},
        {
            "path": "manifest.json"
        },
        {
            "path": "animations/my_animation.animation.json"
        },
        {
            "path": "animation_controllers/my_ac.ac.json"
        },
        {
            "path": "entity/my_entity.entity.json"
        },
        {
            "path": "textures/textures_list.json"
        },
        {
            "path": "textures/blocks/my_block.png"
        },
		"version": 1
    ]
}

What for this file is #

This file probably optimizes the pack content, making it easier to achieve files for MC, like texture_list.json. Mojang and marketplace content creators use this file.

Automatizing the Process #

«The best contents.json is a contents.json, that is generated by Minecraft»

@MJ105

That means that you only need to create a contents.json file with empty brackets:

{}

Some additional information:

• Development or normal folders, it don't matter. This file is auto-filled everywhere, even in skin packs (it can crash minecraft when generating it for skin pack).
• There is no need to make separate contents.json for subpacks. Just make one file in the main folder.