From 8d10d8e7e6571221c6e9ad587d816d51265ec46e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Pa=CC=84vels=20Nadtoc=CC=8Cajevs?=
 <7645683+bruvzg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:10:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow `override.cfg` to add autoloads to the front of the
 list.

---
 core/config/project_settings.cpp | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 core/config/project_settings.h   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/config/project_settings.cpp b/core/config/project_settings.cpp
index 99a2fc67146..8557c04051a 100644
--- a/core/config/project_settings.cpp
+++ b/core/config/project_settings.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,19 @@ bool ProjectSettings::_set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value) {
 		} else {
 			props[p_name] = VariantContainer(p_value, last_order++);
 		}
-		if (p_name.operator String().begins_with("autoload/")) {
+		if (p_name.operator String().begins_with("autoload_prepend/")) {
+			String node_name = p_name.operator String().get_slicec('/', 1);
+			AutoloadInfo autoload;
+			autoload.name = node_name;
+			String path = p_value;
+			if (path.begins_with("*")) {
+				autoload.is_singleton = true;
+				autoload.path = path.substr(1).simplify_path();
+			} else {
+				autoload.path = path.simplify_path();
+			}
+			add_autoload(autoload, true);
+		} else if (p_name.operator String().begins_with("autoload/")) {
 			String node_name = p_name.operator String().get_slicec('/', 1);
 			AutoloadInfo autoload;
 			autoload.name = node_name;
@@ -1468,9 +1480,16 @@ const HashMap<StringName, ProjectSettings::AutoloadInfo> &ProjectSettings::get_a
 	return autoloads;
 }
 
-void ProjectSettings::add_autoload(const AutoloadInfo &p_autoload) {
+void ProjectSettings::add_autoload(const AutoloadInfo &p_autoload, bool p_front_insert) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_MSG(p_autoload.name == StringName(), "Trying to add autoload with no name.");
-	autoloads[p_autoload.name] = p_autoload;
+	if (p_front_insert) {
+		if (autoloads.has(p_autoload.name)) {
+			autoloads.erase(p_autoload.name);
+		}
+		autoloads.insert(p_autoload.name, p_autoload, true);
+	} else {
+		autoloads[p_autoload.name] = p_autoload;
+	}
 }
 
 void ProjectSettings::remove_autoload(const StringName &p_autoload) {
diff --git a/core/config/project_settings.h b/core/config/project_settings.h
index 546234ebede..a0962a61560 100644
--- a/core/config/project_settings.h
+++ b/core/config/project_settings.h
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public:
 	bool check_changed_settings_in_group(const String &p_setting_prefix) const;
 
 	const HashMap<StringName, AutoloadInfo> &get_autoload_list() const;
-	void add_autoload(const AutoloadInfo &p_autoload);
+	void add_autoload(const AutoloadInfo &p_autoload, bool p_front_insert = false);
 	void remove_autoload(const StringName &p_autoload);
 	bool has_autoload(const StringName &p_autoload) const;
 	AutoloadInfo get_autoload(const StringName &p_name) const;