Scene To Text dumper - just for easy note-taking and idea transfer

SceneToText.cs

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;
using UnityEditor.SceneManagement;

// @kurtdekker
//
// A handy way to emit the contents of a scene or prefab as text.
//
// Purpose: documentation and communication in pure text.
//

public static class SceneToText
{
	// how many indent characters to insert per depth?
	const int indentDepth = 2;
	// what to use for the indent? (some contexts will flatten spaces)
	const char indentChar = '.';
	// everybody has a Transform... do we really need to know about it?
	const bool includeTransform = false;

	// to understand recursion, you must first understand recursion
	static string EmitFullTree(GameObject go, string workString, int indent = 0)
	{
		string indentString = new string(indentChar, indent * indentDepth);

		workString = workString + indentString + go.name + "\n";

		Component[] components = go.GetComponents<Component>();

		int firstIndex = includeTransform ? 0 : 1;

		for (int i = firstIndex; i < components.Length; i++)
		{
			Component component = components[i];
			workString = workString + indentString + ">" + component.GetType() + "\n";
		}

		if (go.transform.childCount > 0)
		{
			for (int i = 0; i < go.transform.childCount; i++)
			{
				Transform child = go.transform.GetChild(i);

				workString = EmitFullTree(child.gameObject, workString, indent + 1);
			}
		}
		return workString;
	}

	[MenuItem("Tools/Emit Scene As Text")]
	private static void EmitScene()
	{
		GameObject[] roots = null;

		string output = "Generated from SceneToText.cs:\n\n";

		if (Selection.gameObjects.Length > 0)
		{
			output += "Selection contents:\n\n";

			roots = Selection.gameObjects;
		}
		else
		{
			output += "Active scene contents:\n\n";

			Scene scene = SceneManager.GetActiveScene();
			roots = scene.GetRootGameObjects();
		}

		for (int i = 0; i < roots.Length; i++)
		{
			GameObject root = roots[i];

			output = EmitFullTree(root, output);
		}

		Debug.Log(output);
	}
}