Follow system theme causes config file churn

[rcorre]

Tested versions

4.3.stable.arch_linux

System information

Godot v4.3.stable unknown - Arch Linux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:39:41 +0000 - Wayland - Vulkan (Forward+) - dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (nvidia; 565.77) - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor (12 Threads)

Issue description

I have godot's theme set to "Follow System Theme". I also commit ~/.config/godot/editor_settings-4.3.tres in my dotfiles, to synchronize changes across devices.

The issue is that whenever I toggle my system theme, godot changes a bunch of fields in the config file. For ease of use across machines, the config should reflect more persistent options, not things that frequently change due to outside influence like the system theme changing. That is, it would be nice if the config just stored "Use System Theme" as a setting instead of changing all these each time the system theme changes:

-interface/theme/preset = "Light"
-interface/theme/base_color = Color(0.9, 0.9, 0.9, 1)
-interface/theme/accent_color = Color(0.18, 0.5, 1, 1)
-interface/theme/contrast = -0.06
+interface/theme/base_color = Color(0.21, 0.24, 0.29, 1)
+interface/theme/accent_color = Color(0.44, 0.73, 0.98, 1)
+interface/theme/contrast = 0.3
 filesystem/import/blender/blender_path = "/usr/bin//blender"
 filesystem/import/blender/rpc_port = 0
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/symbol_color = Color(0, 0, 0.61, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/keyword_color = Color(0.9, 0.135, 0.51, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/control_flow_keyword_color = Color(0.743, 0.12, 0.8, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/base_type_color = Color(0, 0.6, 0.2, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/engine_type_color = Color(0.11, 0.55, 0.4, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/user_type_color = Color(0.18, 0.45, 0.4, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/comment_color = Color(0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.5)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/doc_comment_color = Color(0.15, 0.15, 0.4, 0.7)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/string_color = Color(0.6, 0.42, 0, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/background_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_background_color = Color(0.981, 0.981, 0.981, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_selected_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 0.07)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_existing_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 0.14)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_scroll_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 0.29)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_scroll_hovered_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 0.4)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_font_color = Color(0.225, 0.225, 0.225, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/text_color = Color(0.225, 0.225, 0.225, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/line_number_color = Color(0.225, 0.225, 0.225, 0.5)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/safe_line_number_color = Color(0, 0.4, 0, 0.75)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/caret_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/caret_background_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/selection_color = Color(0.18, 0.5, 1, 0.4)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/brace_mismatch_color = Color(1, 0.08, 0, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/current_line_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 0.07)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/line_length_guideline_color = Color(0.981, 0.981, 0.981, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/word_highlighted_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 0.07)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/number_color = Color(0, 0.55, 0.28, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/function_color = Color(0, 0.225, 0.9, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/member_variable_color = Color(0, 0.4, 0.68, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/mark_color = Color(0.8, 0.22, 0.22, 0.3)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/breakpoint_color = Color(1, 0.27, 0.2, 1)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/code_folding_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 0.27)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/search_result_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 0.07)
-text_editor/theme/highlighting/search_result_border_color = Color(0, 0.4, 1, 0.38)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/symbol_color = Color(0.67, 0.79, 1, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/keyword_color = Color(1, 0.44, 0.52, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/control_flow_keyword_color = Color(1, 0.55, 0.8, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/base_type_color = Color(0.26, 1, 0.76, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/engine_type_color = Color(0.56, 1, 0.86, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/user_type_color = Color(0.78, 1, 0.93, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/comment_color = Color(0.8025, 0.81, 0.8225, 0.5)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/doc_comment_color = Color(0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.8)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/string_color = Color(1, 0.93, 0.63, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/background_color = Color(0.1155, 0.132, 0.1595, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_background_color = Color(0.21, 0.24, 0.29, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_selected_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0.07)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_existing_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0.14)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_font_color = Color(0.8025, 0.81, 0.8225, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/text_color = Color(0.8025, 0.81, 0.8225, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/line_number_color = Color(0.8025, 0.81, 0.8225, 0.5)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/safe_line_number_color = Color(0.8025, 0.972, 0.8225, 0.75)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/caret_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/selection_color = Color(0.44, 0.73, 0.98, 0.4)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/brace_mismatch_color = Color(1, 0.47, 0.42, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/current_line_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0.07)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/line_length_guideline_color = Color(0.21, 0.24, 0.29, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/word_highlighted_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0.07)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/number_color = Color(0.63, 1, 0.88, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/function_color = Color(0.34, 0.7, 1, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/member_variable_color = Color(0.736, 0.88, 1, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/mark_color = Color(1, 0.47, 0.42, 0.3)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/breakpoint_color = Color(1, 0.47, 0.42, 1)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/code_folding_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0.27)
+text_editor/theme/highlighting/search_result_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0.07)
 text_editor/behavior/files/trim_trailing_whitespace_on_save = true
 text_editor/behavior/files/auto_reload_scripts_on_external_change = true
 run/platforms/linuxbsd/prefer_wayland = true

Steps to reproduce

1. Open godot and set "Follow System Theme" in the editor settings.
2. Commit ~/.config/godot in a git repository.
3. Change your system theme from light->dark
4. Run git diff in the repository

Minimal reproduction project (MRP)

N/A

[rcorre]

If storing godot's config files in a dotfiles repo is not something Godot supports, I'm ok with closing this, but it's something that has worked well for me for a while until I tried this setting.