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jolly fog
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But when i go to my repository it looks like there still hasnt been a single commit

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My Respoitory looks like this in github browser

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Let me push and I'll send a screenshot of the error

quaint obsidian
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can you just run git push -f

jolly fog
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Sure

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error in app

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Error after running your command

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It doesn't make sense

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Is it something with my network

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Wi-Fi not processing right

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git config --global http.postBuffer 157286400 just ran this

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Hopefully it will allow it in

quaint obsidian
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you are transferring 2.55GiB in Git

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that is not right

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you need to see what files you still are pushing in Git

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and move those to LFS or remove/ignore them from the repo

jolly fog
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Okay

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What is a good limit

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in size

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I will continue to research and look into this

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thank you

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@quaint obsidian

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I greatly appreciate your help

woven sluice
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as mastercoms already suggested, the question is what files are you pushing. 2.55 gb is a lot of code, config and uproject/uplugin files 😄

jolly fog
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I imported a few map .fbx files into my project

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from my Unity project which have a lot of static meshes

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Maybe that's why 😦

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The project is fairly new though so I am at a bit of a loss

quaint obsidian
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so you need to import .fbx into LFS as well

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and then run the fixup command again

jolly fog
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Each of the map folders are at least 100 MB

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Not sure if that is too large but they do have tons of static meshes

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I bet that is why honestly

woven sluice
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sorry but do you know what the difference is between "large binary files" and "text/other" files?

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do you know how to decide what should be managed by LFS and what should be managed by standard GIT?

jolly fog
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I believe LFS should be any actual game asset by visual? Large map, characters, textures etc

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scripts and standard assets git?

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Correct?

woven sluice
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one of the things that GIT is good at is merging text files. one of the things GIT is bad at is storing large files.

you can't merge binary files. and they tend to be large. both are compelling reasons to not store any of them in normal GIT

jolly fog
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How can I import the fbx content into lfs

jolly fog
woven sluice
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that I don't know, because I actually hardly use GIT at all 😄

jolly fog
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😄

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I ran a git lfs track on my maps folder

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Which contains all of those fbx files

quaint obsidian
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you should have just done *.fbx

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remove Maps from .gitattributes

jolly fog
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Let me explain

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I have 1 fbx file but it imported thousands of static meshes

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it was a map from Unity

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So should I track something else

quaint obsidian
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the static meshes, if imported into unreal, will be .uasset

jolly fog
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Right but when there are thousands of them would it make a difference

quaint obsidian
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it doesn't matter, they are all uasset, right?

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so you are already tracking uasset

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how large is that 1 fbx file?

jolly fog
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*.uasset filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
*.umap filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
*.fbx filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
this is my gitattributes file right now

quaint obsidian
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yes

jolly fog
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Okay so 1 map is 44mb and the other is 150MB last one is 20 mb

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for the fbx maps that were converted to static meshes

quaint obsidian
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did you run git lfs migrate import --fixup after adding *.fbx

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also I mean, do you see any files which aren't tracked

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which are large

jolly fog
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Yes and it still had 5k files to commit a lot of which came from the fbx files

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$ git lfs track "*.fbx"
this has been entered in git bash for my project

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Outputted Tracking "*.fbx"

jolly fog
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command

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and then try to push but should it show a difference in the amount of files

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to commit after that

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Maybe I can add the ones from gitattrubites to got ignore?

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For now to see if it will go through?

jolly fog
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It looks like it's writing all the LFS objects but may still fail

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5643/5643

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for LFS

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Writing objects is where it is failing

storm agate
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hi, I noticed that the Engine Association parameter in the .uproject necessarily has to mismatch between users

rotund bobcat
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you can set an environment variable to point to your engine

storm agate
rotund bobcat
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e.g. if in your uproject you set engine association MyUE, then you can define an environemtn variable on all users pc that defines MyUE as the hash of the unreal on their pc

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that's what we did atleast

storm agate
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I see. is that the most common solution?

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I don't particularly like it..

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based on the staff answer in that thread, it would all 'just work' if we put the game in as a subfolder of the UnrealEngine repository (from GitHub)

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but my partner doesn't want to do that

rotund bobcat
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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it's what we did, so of the sample size of 1 that I know of, that is the most common solution 🙂

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oh I mean registry key btw, not env variable sorry

storm agate
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oh, that makes sense

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well, since it's just 2 of us, I'm probably going to do the staff answer on my end, and on my partner's end it's just going to have the correct GUID

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thanks though!

sullen lance
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does any one have an idea as to how i can prevent unreal from using project settings from the "saved" directory, we are using perforce and i dont really want to have to track the "saved" directory and make sure the "config" directory is set to be used manually

warped perch
sullen lance
quaint obsidian
# storm agate hi, I noticed that the Engine Association parameter in the .uproject necessarily...

You could use ueversionator to manage this, but it's not the main use case.

https://github.com/ProjectBorealis/ueversionator

GitHub
GitHub - ProjectBorealis/ueversionator: ueversionator is a tool to ...

ueversionator is a tool to download custom UE4 engine builds, extract and register them for use. - GitHub - ProjectBorealis/ueversionator: ueversionator is a tool to download custom UE4 engine buil...

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You would need the directory structure .\ue4\UnrealEngine

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and then the engine association would be ue4v:UnrealEngine

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then in your project repo, add the executable and .ueversionator config file

# 
[ueversionator]
baseurl = https://downloads.example.com/builds

(baseurl can be any placeholder URL, since you won't be using the download functionality)

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then, when you run ueversionator, it will ask you for your UE4 builds folder, point it to the .\ue4 folder which contains UnrealEngine (the repo)

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it will then scan that binaries are present for the specified engine association version (ue4v:UnrealEngine), and then register it

warped perch
woven sluice
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You can't stop unreal from using the saved directory and you don't need to. Kazem is right. Nothing in there should ever be put into source control

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(I name my ignore file p4ignore.txt though 😄 )

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And you never want to put a path in the ignore variable

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Reading again, why do you think unreal isn't using ini's in your config folder?

quaint obsidian
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Saved/Config folder is for per user settings

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Config folder is for per project settings

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you can set anything in the Config folder and it will act as a default for Saved/Config

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hence the name DefaultXXX.ini

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but users will always be able to override config settings

jolly fog
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Shoud .gitattributes file be in project root for Unreal

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I don't see where the remaining 2 gigs of non lfs material is

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Also if Git is using lfs should .uasset show in Github desktop app?

quaint obsidian
ocean pawn
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Have to look where though currently on the move
Might be faster to scan via regedit for that dir

quaint obsidian
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made a feature list

simple lodge
quaint obsidian
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I'm not sure if I need to write one for ueversionator

simple lodge
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What I need to do is find a couple days to play with it and rip it apart 🙂

quaint obsidian
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i wrote one anyway

jolly fog
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Also this maybe why

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it was initally in my onedrive documents folder but UE4 won't detect it

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Let me keep playing around with it

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It now has it

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jolly fog
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Can anyone help me with this? I can pay to get this source control straight

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25 USD if that is okay

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Teamviewier, it is bunk right now

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I'm at a loss

quaint obsidian
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The problem was that Git LFS could not rewrite history for the initial commit, which contained UE4 assets in Git

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so we had to reset the Git repo

simple lodge
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@quaint obsidian can I shooteth thee a DM?

quaint obsidian
summer bane
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Any long-time Perforce user here?

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In case sb decides to read: I have a digitaocean droplet whose diskspace is over. I need to know if I can make Perforce use another "volume" (in digital ocean terms). I mean use the current one and a new one.
Or am I limited to possibly "resizing" the filesystem I am using now with?
Also, is digitalocean good for that or should I really be using another method to store my version-controlled files?

cyan jay
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Digitalocean is fine, as is most cloud hosts.
It's more of an IT admin thing than perforce specific.

Can you enlarge the current volume in DigitalOcean terms?
I'd suggest maybe create a new larger volume, copy the data across then mount it at the expected location in the filesystem, everything should work.
You must stop the p4 service first, and it would be recommended to make a backup and verify before and after.

woven sluice
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I don't think you can span a perforce server across two disks/volumes. Could be wrong but I'd say you have to expand it (or move it)

cyan jay
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if it's running on linux it's not a problem

woven sluice
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oh, yeah I suppose you could do it from the linux side couldn't you (I'm actually not great with it). perforce doesn't need to know anything about it, a volume is a volume even if it's made from multiple disks

cyan jay
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yes exactly. Incidentally you can also specify alternate depot paths in perforce but it's more fiddly IMO and better off using the OS if possible.

woven sluice
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^ @summer bane

quaint obsidian
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LVM or btrfs afaik

simple lodge
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Ah lol someone said

fair gorge
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Hello guys. I am new to perforce. When I click the save button, it gives me this error

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woven sluice
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that's not an error

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if you haven't already, make sure you spend a good few hours watching perforce intro/tutorial videos

fair gorge
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hmm, Is this asking me to take a latest pull and then work?

woven sluice
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no, it's asking you if you want to check out the asset to take file ownership, or only make it locally writable so you can mess around with it (and decide later if you want to revert it)

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oh wait

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no, that's probably what it is. I haven't actually read the messages in years lol. I guess it just gives a generic message that could mean one of a couple things

fair gorge
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hehe. ok. Is there a way to stash stuff? I have used git and bitbucket a lot but new to perforce so not sure how my knowledge translates to it.

woven sluice
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you're probably looking for "shelving" in perforce

fair gorge
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yep

woven sluice
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you upload your current version of files onto the server and optionally reset your local copies

jagged spear
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Any Azure Dev Ops users here? I had success using LFS on GitHub with their paid hosting for a client, so I want to try LFS on Azure Dev Ops for free on a personal project that is 20+GB that I’ll be working on for a while, where monthly hosting costs don’t seem worth it.

woeful coral
jagged spear
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Thanks, yeah I read that, although I admit I have only now been reading about the pros and cons of both. I use GUIs like GitHub desktop and Source Tree where I believe https is the default and the authenticating is done for me. Authentication seems to be the main downside I have read about if you use the command prompt instead. So https doesn’t seem like a problem for me, unless there are other cons I have missed.

quaint obsidian
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One File per Actor

simple lodge
simple lodge
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but it seems mostly solid

woeful coral
simple lodge
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v3 only came out a couple days back, and ofc Azure may not implement for a while

simple lodge
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v2 supports if the provider adds some SSH auth code, but it can be a bit buggy

jagged spear
woeful coral
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I used Fork (both for SSH and HTTPS attempts) and it worked fine (but couldn't push LFS objects with SSH)

jagged spear
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I'm seeming to be having LFS issues. The Azure documentation seems to indicate I should be using Git LFS 2.4 or higher, but when I check it says I have 2.13.2 apparently, even though I just made sure I installed the latest version both through the Git LFS installer and through the main Git installer, when that didn't work.
Hasn't been an issue normally when using Github Desktop with LFS. I am using Source Tree now with Azure Dev Ops.

When trying to push large files, I get the error
"LFS: Client error: [URL] from HTTP 413
error: failed to push some refs to [URL]"

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jagged spear
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It seems I have multiple versions of git-lfs installed. In C:\Program Files\Git LFS I have the latest version, but when I try to use the System Git version in Source Tree, it says LFS is 2.13

quaint obsidian
jagged spear
# quaint obsidian I've heard this fixes it: `git config http.version HTTP/1.1`

What in the world - thank you, this is insane, this magically fixes everything and it takes seconds to upload what would take 10 minutes before. I looked it up and it seems related to the issue of needing a more up to date version of Git LFS due to some strange authentication issues with Azure, but since this seems to fix it. I'm happy to leave Git LFS at 2.13 - thank you very much for pointing this out.

I'd definitely be interested in getting my version of Git LFS up to the 3.0+ release within Source Tree, but it seems not pressing, since the embedded version is 2.13 in Source Tree as well, so I suppose normally this isn't a big issue?

dusk heron
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Hello everyone. Using Perforce.
Could someone tell me which of the UE4 config files has the source control settings? Somehow one of us managed to get his setting in everyone's configuration. Now in UE4 we need to manually change the settings each time we want to work.
I searched all the files in the Config folder but came up empty.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for the assist.

woven sluice
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Did you/somebody (accidentally) commit the Saved folder? @dusk heron

dusk heron
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That's a good question. I'll have to look. I didn't think of that. There was a reversion, so that would be a possibility. Appreciated.

dusk heron
jolly fog
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Anyone super familiar with Helix Core setup and interesting in earning a little extra cash, I'd much appreciate some help with it's setup.

bitter sun
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Anyone using any automated code review tool for Github?

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Which one works best with UE framework?

quaint obsidian
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We are using Resharper InspectCode

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you can also integrate PVS studio

regal grotto
quaint obsidian
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Yes

regal grotto
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Wow, cool. In --no-build mode? Or it still needs to build the code?

quaint obsidian
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I don't think we use --no-build

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but resharper has native support for UE for some time now, so it's possible

coral magnet
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Does anyone use Unreal Game Sync? I'm wondering what the benefits are to it?

regal grotto
coral magnet
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I wanted personal opinions, not the documentation. I also run a perforce server. I also wanted to know if UGS will build the current binaries based upon source code changes.

regal grotto
coral magnet
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lol I meant in respect to the documentation link

coral magnet
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Is UGS compatible with a linux based perforce server?

merry verge
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UGS doesn't care where you host your perforce server

coral magnet
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For the metadata server

merry verge
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The metadata service might be, though it may run under .net core or mono but I wouldn't know. The metadata service doesn't need to run on the same system as the perforce server though.

coral magnet
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I'm just trying to think logically. If UGS requires a windows server for the full functionality, then I may as well migrate my perforce server back to a windows server.

cosmic knot
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Has anyone managed to setup perforce locally using hamchie? if so how would i go about doing it or is it easier to buy a server and do it?

regal grotto
cosmic knot
jolly fog
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hello guys
so iam looking for a version control
what are the best version controls for ue4 c++ for a team of 20 people
which includes all arties, programmers, vfx artist, etc

cyan jay
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Perforce

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Git is cheaper but not as well supported

karmic meadow
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I find plastic to be a decent medium between the two.

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You can checkout files and lock 'em like Perforce, but you also have the git branching stuff for your programmers. Kind of a mix of the two.

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It is also much cheaper than Perforce.

karmic meadow
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@quaint obsidian Do you use Azure Devops with git lfs?

regal grotto
timid depot
timid depot
woven sluice
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imagine spending equal amounts of money on GIT as perforce ElonLaffo you would just have to be doing everything you could to flush money down the drain HaroldHaha

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(and I say that as a perforce liker/user primalscream )

timid depot
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Not even mentioning Perforce charges you for all of first free 5 users if you exceed that count on a new license.

regal grotto
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BTW, how do you know how much Perforce costs? Its pricing page only has "talk to sales" button: https://www.perforce.com/products/helix-teamhub/pricing
So everyone of us can get absolutely different prices that depend on whatever kind of discrimination Perforce decided to use today.

Helix TeamHub Pricing and Plans | Perforce

Start free and pay as you grow. Helix TeamHub is free for 5 users and up to 1 GB of storage. Perforce has always supported small teams working to develop big things. And pricing for Helix TeamHub is no different.

timid depot
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It really depends on your team/company.

quaint obsidian
regal grotto
timid depot
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They mostly try to squeeze as much as they can, even if you're indie.

regal grotto
# regal grotto It depends on Perforce left foot.

I mean, if there was a public f(Team) function that one could use to calculate price, your statement would be correct. Function is fixed, the only variable is team itself. But there's no such function. You and me can get absolutely different prices simply because I'm left-handed or wear glasses, or was born in February, or other random reason. And they don't even have to explain the reason why I got a different price than you.

It's even worse. You alone can get absolutely different price tomorrow!

karmic meadow
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What files should be in the Source directory? Somehow, more than just my C++ files are 🤔

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I have no idea how all of these got here

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woven sluice
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oh dear

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.cs files and any module folders

timber quiver
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I messed up my project and can't open it anymore in any way, but before I did that, I send everything to source control (Perforce).
I never had to use it until now, but how do I restore my old project using Perforce?

karmic meadow
# woven sluice .cs files and any module folders

The parts that I blocked out - those are my project c++ files. Its the other ones that I'm not sure where they came from. Like - I don't recall ever doing anything with motionbuilder or why Maya even exists here.

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Perhaps they showed up when I was exporting an asset out?

woven sluice
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check in your source control when those files got added/moved to there?

karmic meadow
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Well - that's the thing. I was setting up source control and that's when I found 'em

woven sluice
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my first suspicion would normally be an inexperienced teammate going "oh a Source folder that must be where I should store my original source art files"

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my second suspicion would be the fact that windows does not let anyone disable accidental drag & drop moving folders/files, because bill gates microsoft is an ass

karmic meadow
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Perhaps some marketplace assets puts stuff there too?

woven sluice
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i would hope any such products would fail basic QA but who knows

karmic meadow
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Might be this one.

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In my projects that I use this, the source folder looks like this. In the ones I don't - it doesn't.

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

woven sluice
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MoCap Online probably suffered from my first suspicion

jolly fog
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hello guys did anyone worked with AWS GameLift in ue_4.27 with a team of 10 people?
with any version control like git
if anyone did then please help me how to setup
like that

unborn imp
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Hey guys, I heard you use perforce to work with other people. I looked it up but I saw that I need to give them my company name to use it? I dont know if I was on the right site tho. Can anyone send me the direct link?

bold perch
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Then you can just right-click on the modified files and click on "Get Revision".

timber quiver
bold perch
wise barn
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Anyone here that is developing on Perforce but getting engine source from Github? I'm looking for a script that will apply correct typemap and permissions (ie allow writing) to the engine source in P4. Otherwise you will have file locking issues when building the engine etc.

I had access to the Epic Perforce (and UDN) in a past job and could see what the correct permissions should be there, but dont atm and there must be an easier way to do this.

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Update: Looks like there are typemap scripts here above, I'll try them out 🙂

lament ember
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Greetings. P4 question.
Is there any way to bypass this usage of windows Login instead of User?

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hard warren
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Does anyone know how to uninstall p4d and p4v?

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doesn't look like a simple task

lament ember
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*nix?

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cause on Win it's simple as

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sudo apt-get purge helix-p4d
sudo apt-get remove helix-p4dctl
sudo apt-get purge helix-p4dctl
sudo apt autoremove
sudo rm /etc/perforce
sudo rm /opt/perforce
hard warren
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ahh thanks!

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I forget its called Helix 😄

quaint obsidian
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@lament ember unrelated topic, but thank you so much for making that ue4 theme

lament ember
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UE4 already had some of thta implemented, it's just not user friendly

warped perch
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Perforce is killing me. Any ideas how to fix this? commands such as p4 info run quickly. ping to the server runs with no problem. how ever certain commands sometimes take so long to complete and i get this message.

warped perch
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reconciling takes forever. even on very small folders.

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p4 monitor show -ael shows all the reconcile commands that are stuck. right now it's like 10 of them. I can terminate them but reconciling after that will get stuck again.

bold perch
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Yeah, reconciling takes a long time when you are doing it remotely.

warped perch
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its not that, it should take 1 second. like yesterday.

bold perch
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You were in the same conditions? That's strange.

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For me it happens quickly if I do it locally but slowly if I do it remotely.

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Like two orders of magnitude more slowly.

pale jolt
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real newb question here but im not sure where to ask it.

I've set up a perforce server and client on my local machine. I want the depot to be on harddrive D: but i want my workspace to be on C:

How do i set this up?

By default its putting my depot and workspace in the same folder.

warped perch
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I always did it remotely, it was slow, some times 10 seconds. but this one is not slow. it's stuck. and I even did it on small folder which should take 1 second but now stuck forever.

warped perch
pale jolt
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It's brand spanking new

warped perch
pale jolt
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Thank you Kazem, I'll read up on it

warped perch
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I hope it doesn't give you headache. but I guess if it's new, then you can just change p4root. although I might be wrong.

vivid scaffold
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Does anyone know of a new version control system in the works for UE5, seeing as PlasticSCM got bought by Unity, leaving only Git (shitty with binary files) and Perforce (whose gui can fuck right off)?

rotund bobcat
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you can still use plastic even though unity owns it

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and there's git lfs to handle binary files, not as great as perforce, but useable

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idk about perforce, but if the gui pisses you off you could use the in engine ui for perfoce or command line if you prefer

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There's SVN but that is kinda old and never used it with unreal so idk how compatible it is for workflow

vivid scaffold
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Thanks, we'll commit to another year of PlasticSCM then. I've wasted weeks with support on Perforce... never again (utter piece of unusable garbage) 🤮

wise barn
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Epic is working on their own VCS it seems (called Skein), but no details on features yet

rotund bobcat
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they are?

wise barn
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Some recent checkins show glimpses

quaint obsidian
quaint obsidian
quaint obsidian
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So from what I can tell, Skein uses Epic Games auth to login to a remote cloud server with a Web UI. Skein is also very asset centric. Assets are identified by a UUID, and you download them according to the snapshot set in the WebUI, stored in skein.yml. Assets are streamed in from a cloud server, with local thumbnail preview available. Each asset path points to a specific asset UUID. That way, the repo state is not managed through the files themselves. Instead, all files can be uploaded, and it's Skein that manages what version a file points to at the repo state (through the yml file).

vivid scaffold
woven sluice
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thankfully, it's not my product

lament ember
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@vivid scaffold
"The user is never the problem." right...hackers and cheaters who intentionally breaking software do not exist in the world of unicorns.

vivid scaffold
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(in fact, I'd argue that Perforce sucks because it's designed for hackers... because you have to hack the fucking thing in order to get it to a usable state) 😛

woven sluice
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"hack" is a strange way to spell "learn" ... but I'd guess there's not much point in discussing this further 😂

you should just complain about perforce's cost/licensing instead, it's the only actual thing about it which is irrefutably terrible from all perspectives nikicat

quaint obsidian
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source control is always hard to learn and hard to design

vivid scaffold
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PlasticSCM was not hard, because someone actually put some design effort into it (Gluon at least).

wary wasp
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how to make it so users auto connects at start up? perforce

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bold perch
simple lodge
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its a connection error, but I feel like I saw that when running low on disk space once before (im assuming you checked networking already)

simple lodge
simple lodge
warped perch
simple lodge
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Can be just transient network error then

wary wasp
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@bold perch yes

woven sluice
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There is no way to "be connected to perforce before you open the editor" .... Your users shouldn't have to do anything, except maybe check a tickbox to automatically reconnect on startup if there is one

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Did you submit the Saved folder with local developer settings into version control or something?

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Unless you might be having an issue due to some user login tickets expiry or something, I've set mine to last like 9 years so I can't remember what happens if they keep expiring lol

bold perch
woven sluice
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Nope.

bold perch
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Wait, did I gaslight myself into believing that?

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Lol.

woven sluice
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It might be that way if your tickets expire like I mentioned, I'm not sure

bold perch
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By default, tickets have a finite lifespan, after which they cease to be valid. By default, tickets are valid for 12 hours (43200 seconds).

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I think we are on that default setting.

merry verge
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Signing in to P4V if your ticket expired will prevent having to do the same in unreal. If you don't have a valid login ticket when you open unreal, it'll open in the disconnected state (though it'll still have all your settings for perforce saved, so connecting is just a matter of logging in again).

woven sluice
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I was wrong but also right lightsabercheer

cosmic knot
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Anyone know a decent way to work between two pcs and update files ect without file size limits? i have a home PC and a laptop that i may do work on the go ect, but need a way to update from each side. (i dont think perforce would work cause i dont always have one of them on)

lament ember
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@cosmic knothttps://syncthing.net/

broken loom
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I'm using perforce, something started acting weird in my project so I want to try an earlier revision, but get revision doesn't go back to that revision, it just gets specifically the files modified in that revision. This seems to pretty much defeat the point of source control?

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I don't want to rollback or undo either because I still want my current changes, I just want to find the point it acted wrong so I can identify the cause

merry verge
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You want to roll back the state of the whole workspace to what it was at that revision, right?

broken loom
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Yeah

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Do I just use undo and not submit then?

merry verge
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That's a common confusion with how perforce works. When you try to get a specific changelist, it's doing just that - grabbing that specific changelist and nothing else.
You can sync everything backwards in history instead, it's just a different command... lemme find it.

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If you're using P4V, the easy way to do it is to right click the root of your workspace, hit "Get Revision", set the revision you want, and then uncheck "Only get revisions for files listed in changelist"

unknown.png
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This will sync every file back to the point in time you specified (as opposed to just syncing back the files in that specific changelist).

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If you're using command line, the command is (from the root of your workspace) p4 sync ...@1234 where 1234 is the changelist number.

woven sluice
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siliex is right. only use Undo Changes if you actually want to include file reverts in the work going forward

broken loom
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Was missing that option 😄

sullen roost
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Hi, is anyone able to help me out with github for unreal? having problems and need help

quaint obsidian
sullen roost
quaint obsidian
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just ask in the channel, anyone can help you

sullen roost
quaint obsidian
#

to clarify: don't ping me specifically for help, you can just ask in here and anyone available will help you

fickle canopy
#

it's not specifically source control, but we are having an issue working on a shared project right now where we have both built 4.26 from source

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my editor shows 4.26.2 when I mouse over the engine version at the top right of the editor

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my colleague's shows that with some numbers appended after it

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looking at the commit history on github, it does seem like this refers to a specific branch number

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he is getting an error that the engine modules are out of date when he tries to open the project I uploaded for him on p4v, and it asks him to rebuild his entire engine.

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this is after right clicking the .uproject file and selecting his built engine as the engine version and then regenerating the visual studio files

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I am wondering if maybe he needs to redownload the latest latest source (and not this april 12th commit) and build that or if there are any other suggestions for what we might be missing.

limber belfry
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would anyone be able to help me set up a p4 server with aws? I've never done this before and it's confusing me a lot

woeful quest
limber belfry
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Yeah I did, it's set up and stuff I just don't know how to connect to it with Unreal

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I can't even connect with P4V, I don't know what my server address is 😅

crimson spade
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Hi everyone, I’m trying to get into using source control or git for my project, but I see a lot of services have file limits. How can I get my large project in git are there any specific services for games? Or should I only be using git for my code?

simple remnant
crimson spade
simple remnant
crimson spade
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Ahh I see, thank you a lot!

quaint obsidian
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or you can pay money for space on GitHub

rotund bobcat
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Git LFS is the way to go

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comes at a cost for most providers

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but I think azure has free up to 5 users unlimited as mastercoms said

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or you could run git on a local server

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but then that server comes at a cost of course

frozen geode
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Is there a way in p4 helix to display all locally changed / deleted / added files?

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Basically any files that are not synced with the server

bold perch
frozen geode
#

Or can I review

bold perch
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Otherwise it might add everything in your Intermediate folder, lol.

frozen geode
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that was my fear ha

bold perch
#

Actually, I haven't seen if there was a way to ignore the Intermediate folder ... Need to check.

frozen geode
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.p4ignore.txt

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Just slam Intermediate/* in there and you good

bold perch
ornate willow
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I need p4 to stop making projects read only just for rebuilds. it's not viable to check out an entire folder one user at a time, and it also doesn't seem viable to make the workspace allwrite as I'm reading that p4 edit may not get called on some of those files so they may not get submitted, and you would have to run p4 reconcile every time

merry verge
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Why are you checking project files into perforce? That's the real problem.

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You are not intended to check anything in Intermediate into source control (regardless of what you're using). That includes the visual studio project files, and the sln at the root of the project.

ornate willow
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because at my work, our sysadmin is in a industry unrelated to tech. the entire project is uploaded to perforce. binaries, intermediate, saved and all. I have no input whats so ever on this, so I have to work with what I'm given

merry verge
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ew

ornate willow
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yes

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very ew

merry verge
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I feel for you.

ornate willow
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thank you, it's been stressful honestly 🙂

merry verge
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There might be an option via the typemap to not mark files read-only, but I'm not entirely sure.

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yeah, +w in the typemap

ornate willow
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I think thats the +w filetype, but thats essentially the same as making the workspace allwrite

merry verge
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It's not though - it only marks the specific extension as +w

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Your other option is to manually mark all the files you care about as +w instead of using the typemap to do it automatically based on extension.

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If your issue is that these files marked as +w aren't guaranteed to be added to a changelist anymore... yes. That's the reason for read-only in the first place and unfortunately you're stuck with choosing the best option out of a few bad ones with the way your depot is setup.

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Just FYI - file type changes (incl. the typemap and individual files) are submitted to the server so they affect everyone.

ornate willow
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I cringe when you say "your depot" because I personally would never unleash such an abominable blight upon the world.

lol thank you for your advice, going to try out +w, may write a script just for building that makes --- and when I saw your last comment my script is no longer viable 😄

merry verge
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Haha I should have said "your IT guy's depot" or something.
You could always write a script that just marks everything in intermediate writeable without telling perforce.

cyan jay
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Particularly this section: Set Up Helix Core to Ignore Files

woven sluice
#

you need to either scream loudly enough to fix your company or find a new job, that's pathetic

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I mean, forgiveable if they're not familiar with UE (or perforce) to set it up properly, but if either of you have relevant experience (sounds like you do) you and them should be able to spend an hour or two together any time and resolve everything properly

ornate willow
simple lodge
spark light
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Hi guys, im very new to unreal still and was wondering if someone would be able to walk me through how to setup source control so that myself and a partner can edit the same project together

dusky kite
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Hi, using UE 4.26.2 and git + lsf for a C++ project.

The repo contains

Config
Content
Plugins
Source
.gitattributes
.gitignore
MyProject.uproject
README.md

Trying to share this with an artist. He's using the EpicGamesLauncher version of the engine (also 4.26.2) and can't open the project.

Starting from the EpicGames Launcher fails with "Cannot read project status". With right-click on the projectfile->set engine version / whatever it says something like "Check if file is writable".

How can we make that work?

Sorry, this question must have been asked 200 times before, but Discord is badly searchable

woeful coral
dusky kite
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@woeful coral appreciated! Will try that

quaint obsidian
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and also, do you know the content of the uproject on their machine?

dusky kite
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@quaint obsidian thank you!

Two reasons it didn't work

  1. He didn't have git lfs yet
  2. Missing binaries. He fixed that one by himself, by installing VS2019. We didn't evaluate if what to exactly include from the Build directory to make it work without VS, yet
quaint obsidian
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ah ok! you just need Binaries folder

woeful coral
wind gazelle
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Is it possible when using GitLFS to verify all local LFS files. apparently during download a lot of them didn't download properly (file size matches but CRC does not)

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and a bunch of random uassets currently corrupt causing crash

quaint obsidian
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git lfs fsck

wind gazelle
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tnx, will try

wind gazelle
quaint obsidian
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git lfs pull

wind gazelle
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about twenty files and all over 500mb (how a single tree texture can be that big???!!!!) some got fixes some still remain broken

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asked to do another fsck & pull

jolly fog
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hello guys so iam working on a TDM game in UE 4.27 source version, and iam using git as VCS and fork as GUI. so my question is for example iam working on a actor bp called "Weapons" and my teammate also working on same "Weapons" BP but his code and my is completely different but in same bp, so while merging iam getting some errors and saying i can take only any one person work either mine or my teammate so is there any solution for this to take 2 people work at the same time i mean merging

inland sapphire
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it is what it is!

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definitely a huge sore spot in the workflow right now

jolly fog
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so what the solution any other VCS?

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or all are same?

inland sapphire
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afaik there isn't a tool that solves the issue

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you can diff them in some tools it seems?

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plastic scm and Perforce

merry verge
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Neither plastic nor perforce themselves can diff them. Unreal itself has a built in diff (but not merge) tool.

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VCS choice doesn't determine whether the assets are mergable, binary assets are inherently unmergable except through a tool that actually understands the format.

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I believe there's some git plugin for unreal that attempts implementing a 3-way merge tool but I don't know which one it is or how well it works. And it's not the virtue of git that makes that work, it's because the author of the plugin went through the effort of implementing the tool.

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Seeing as binary assets are not mergeable as a general rule, the most common way of dealing with merges is to not have them in the first place - ie locking workflows that prevent simultaneous edits of binary files. Which can be done in git via git lfs. Doesn't help if you've already made changes at the same time though.

inland sapphire
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I'm guessing it works on git and I'm dumb?

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diff != merge though

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the built in tools can lock

merry verge
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You can launch the diff tool manually via command line. I don't know if the built-in git plugin exposes the menu options to use the diff tool or not, haven't used it in a long time.

woven sluice
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Sure you can diff it. You'll just be comparing gobbledygook to gabbledeegeek

inland sapphire
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I wonder if you can just edit the files in the diff to just cherrypick things by manually copying the nodes

woven sluice
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99.9 percent of this binary file has changed

merry verge
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Nah there's a legit built-in diff tool for blueprints. Only works for normal blueprints and nothing else though.

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it's also... not the greatest ui

inland sapphire
#

no anim bp/statemachine/material nodes etc?

merry verge
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Not last time I checked

inland sapphire
#

hopefully the new super secret CLI saves us

woven sluice
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Mastercoms or someone keeps touting that they implemented useable BP merging in the git plugin but I've never seen it and it never seems to be gaining any traction if it exists

merry verge
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That's probably who I was thinking of

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I remember seeing screenshots of a 3-way merge tool

inland sapphire
#

it almost certainly has to read the xml shit from the open file and just guesses

merry verge
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It doesn't

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It was built on top of the normal diff tool which is built in-engine and reading the blueprint structures in native code.

inland sapphire
#

ooo

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neato

merry verge
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aha, found the diff tool - UE4Editor.exe <path to project> -diff <path to left> <path to right>

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hmm... it might actually have the 3-way merge built in? -diff remote local base result

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Yep, diff tool works fine even in UE5. Haven't tried to see if 3-way merge works though.

unknown.png
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as far as a diff tool for a visual language goes... it's fine. I'd really hate to diff complex changes though - that's not a problem with the tool specifically but I think a problem with diffing this kind of content in general.

woven sluice
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Yeah it's 2+ dimensional whereas code is 1 dimensional

merry verge
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That, and Blueprint already has somewhat shit information density compared to code. So it makes things even worse by splitting the screen in half.

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Would be solved if it was an inline diff (maybe ghost "old" nodes and let you toggle back and forth?) but I guess that's harder to implement.

quaint obsidian
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apparently it was added in 4.7, i guess kind of rotted

woven sluice
#

Hold up. You can diff and merge BP with a standalone process from windows? I'm wondering how (un)seamless it works if we plug it in to perforce's diff settings

simple lodge
storm sleet
sturdy jackal
#

There are many different choices with lighting.
I can see what materials are too complex, or what mesh is too heavy.

Is there are lighting mode that shows what BP is using the most CPU, and lowering my fps?

merry verge
#

...wrong channel?

jolly fog
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hello guys

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some blueprint code part is missing while iam pushing my code to git using git bash

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ant idea why its happening

rotund bobcat
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what do you mean with bluepritn code part

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and what do you define as missing

jolly fog
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look i changed some part in blueprint and pushed it to mu git

#

my*

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then my teammate pulled my work and he cant see my blueprint changes

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but he can see my folders and all

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that it

rotund bobcat
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did you... push the blueprint asset?

jolly fog
#

ya

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i did

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and i can see in pushed list

rotund bobcat
#

he pulled with editor closed?

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and pulled succusfully?

jolly fog
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ya he pulled with editor closed and its successfully completed

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ya look at this 3X.uassest right in that i added blueprint function its says that i pushed and successfully

1.PNG
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and this is from my teammate even he can see the same and its successfully completed

2.PNG
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but there is no blueprint changes which i made

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😫

rotund bobcat
#

you added a blueprint function or did you edit the blueprint?

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cause if you added some bp function in c++ he needs to compile first before he can actually use it

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but then in the bp it should just show that method in red if it was already there

jolly fog
terse light
#

Hey guys, I need some help with sourcetree. So I have this

#

I want to connect the reattach the disconnected branches

#

After that I want to change the head to a previous commit

terse light
simple lodge
#

commit it, branch, then swtich branches and git reset --hard <<commit-ref>>

terse light
#

got it to work, thanks

vivid scaffold
#

Just got off a call with PlasticSCM people and they really seemed keen on wanting us to switch back to Unity. 😅

rotund bobcat
#

well

#

Unity did buy Plastic

vivid scaffold
#

they sure did

dim jackal
#

I'm having a problem with merging .uassets with LFS enabled. I have my project on github. I set up LFS and tracked .uassets and .umap. I faced a problem with merging blueprints when pulling changes from one branch to another. I used Github Desktop (I initialized LFS in modal window when cloned repository) and what I think happened is that GithubDesktop automatically merged and resolved conflict with LFS stub version of blueprint instead of actual binary content of the BP. This led to binary content of my BP was locally overwritten by LFS stub content and hence BP was unusable any more. I tried to do git lfs fetch, git lfs pull in git bash but it returned some obscure errors. I also tried to untrack .uasset from LFS and then was able to successfully merge blueprint conflicts (by overwriting BP from one of the branches but still everything worked after that) but I'm still not happy with disabled LFS for .uassets which can be pretty large. So my question is: is there a way to keep LFS enabled for .uassets and be able to successfully merge them when pulling one branch to another?

merry verge
#

No LFS-supporting client should be attempting to merge the stub files, that's just completely wrong behavior. Either LFS wasn't installed on the machine you "merged" on or github desktop doesn't support LFS (idk, I don't use it).

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It's worth noting... you can't really merge blueprints anyway. uasset files are binary - they're inherently not mergable by any generic tool so the only thing git can do is choose one revision over another.
Unreal does have a 3-way merge tool for blueprint assets only, and while it's better than nothing it's not particularly good either.

dim jackal
quaint obsidian
#

@dim jackal Don't use the lfs merge driver. Change your .gitattributes to use binary for merge.

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The binary merge driver will keep the file in an unmerged state, but will keep your version of the file.

proper edge
#

Hello

#

iam new and in need help please sent me

crimson spade
#

Probably a rather simple question, but do a lot of people do local git for ue4 on their own machines instead of GitHub for example

dim jackal
#

Also can anyone tell me how do I actually merge the blueprints in this tool? Or is it read only? I couldn't find out how to make final merge result, I could only either take the source or the target

unknown.png
crimson spade
#

Thank you for the answer I think I’ll set up a local git, I might even setup some NAS storage with my router to back up a little easier too

frozen ore
#

what version control should i use? the entire project consist of the unreal project and a node back end code. I know they would be different repos of course. but what flavor of version control or even flavors (im fairly familiar with git but have heard its not the best for gave dev)

harsh holly
#

How do you all handle your Engine/Source/ThirdParty folder within your .p4ignore. Should I just submit everything? I only ask because it's like 20gb and I'd love to find a way to trim it up a bit

harsh holly
#

What I did initially was pull from GitHub, and commit everything from Engine/Source/ThirdParty prior to running Setup.bat and compiling to ensure I only had exactly what GitHub had. Then I added Engine/Source/ThirdParty to the .p4ignore after the initial submit to prevent any future files from getting captured. This worked great until I went to update the engine and there were new files in Engine/Source/ThirdParty.

quaint obsidian
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Use Git LFS for binaries

frozen ore
#

Ok. Been debating it or perforce

old moat
#

Hello , iam new to UE . What UE use for better version control like ( git , unity collab etc. ) .

pulsar parcel
pulsar parcel
#

you can filter out platform-specific stuff on the syncing side at least

harsh holly
#

We do you UGS, that's not a bad idea

harsh holly
#

Should I be submitting everything in Engine/Content to Perforce?

vagrant harness
#

hi guys, anyone know where the Submit to Perforce button in UE5? 😄

mellow scaffold
#

Hi there ! I also have an issue with the LFS merge driver. I am quite new with Git. What should I change in there ?

unknown.png
#

merge=binary for all ?

#

we are a team of 4 and I am the only causing an issue when pushing modification. the others have the same merge=lfs but it doesn't look like it's making a mess

quaint obsidian
#

We use merge=binary as it works better than the lfs merge driver, but I am not sure if it would solve your particular issue, could you explain it in more depth?

mellow scaffold
#

I lost the maps and characters BP. UE said it was converted to an asset

#

I found a post where they said to change like this:
Content/** filter=lfs merge=lfs -diff -text
*.ogg filter=lfs merge=lfs -diff -text
Tracking filter=lfs merge=lfs -diff -text

Seems to have fixed it ... for now. But I don't know what's the difference between Binary and just -diff

harsh holly
#

In a p4ignore, is is there any difference between Folder/ and Folder/*?

#

Just tested this, there doesn't appear to be any difference

woven sluice
#

I'm not sure at all, but there is a possibility that Folder/ will ignore everything inside of and beyond Folder/ but Folder/* might only ignore files inside of Folder/ ... did you test both lines to see if they equally ignore e.g. Folder/Subfolder/SomeFile.txt ?

harsh holly
#

Yea I tested exactly that. Both of them ignored loose files in the first directory and all files in nested directories as well.

#

So we just upgraded to 4.27.1 from 4.25.3 and we are having some strange issues with the P4 integration. When attempting to submit files through the editor, we have a handful of files that are marked as modified although all of these files are ignored via the .p4ignore and not submitted to perforce. The strange part is when I Reconcile Offline Work... via P4V, it says There are no files that need to be reconciled which is what I expect. Does anyone have any ideas why this might be happening or how to fix it?

harsh holly
#

Then if I attempt to submit any of the files through the editor, it fails with file(s) not opened on this client

solemn radish
#

Hey Everyone, My team is running into a jam with our Unreal Project Gitlab-LFS and I was wondering if anyone has ever encountered this before.
Here's the error we get from running git clone --depth 5 <our-repo> and letting it run

error: external filter 'git-lfs filter-process' failed fatal: Content/MyUnrealGame/DataSmith/FAH/Dataprep_FAH/FAH_3_udatasmith/Geometries/Structural_Framing_wood_slat_wood_slat_1325.uasset: smudge filter lfs failed warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed. You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status' and retry with 'git restore --source=HEAD :/'

We are thinking of mitigating this by just starting a new repo but I think this is just a reoccurring problem due to storing the history of variations of binaries across different branches over time in a large project.

coarse lichen
#

anybody familiar with plastic scm and gitsync around to help me fix our repo?

#

we mistakenly added some generated files in a changeset that are >100MB, so unable to sync them to github

#

i added an ignore.conf, and deleted the files from the repo, but of course gitsync is still trying to sync the old changesets that still have those files and it fails

#

plastic doesn't really let you edit history, so i'm not sure how to fix things

quaint obsidian
#

make sure to censor, as theres personal data in there

solemn radish
#

`$ git lfs logs last
git-lfs/2.13.3 (GitHub; windows amd64; go 1.16.2; git a5e65851)
git version 2.31.1.windows.1

$ git-lfs.exe filter-process
Error downloading object: Content/MyGame/DataSmith/Building2/Dataprep/3d-27_udatasmith/Geometries/Walls_Basic_Wall_Generic_-8__115.uasset (e4dca55): Smudge error: Error downloading Content/MyGame/DataSmith/Building2/Dataprep/3d-27_udatasmith/Geometries/Walls_Basic_Wall_Generic-_8__115.uasset (e4dca55f028382ae5b594bdf0ed22db65dcf712c6cf25658bc40ee5329323e16): LFS: Error

Error
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:192
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.NewRetriableError
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:409
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq.(*TransferQueue).enqueueAndCollectRetriesFor
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq/transfer_queue.go:576
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq.(*TransferQueue).collectBatches.func1
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq/transfer_queue.go:453
runtime.goexit
go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1371
LFS
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:202
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.NewRetriableError
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:409
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq.(*TransferQueue).enqueueAndCollectRetriesFor
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq/transfer_queue.go:576
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq.(*TransferQueue).collectBatches.func1
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/tq/transfer_queue.go:453
runtime.goexit
go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1371`

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Error downloading Content/MyGame/DataSmith/Building2/Dataprep/3d-27_udatasmith/Geometries/Walls_Basic_Wall_Generic_-_8__115.uasset (e4dca55f028382ae5b594bdf0ed22db65dcf712c6cf25658bc40ee5329323e16) github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:198 github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.Wrapf D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/errors.go:85 github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs.(*GitFilter).downloadFile D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs/gitfilter_smudge.go:115 github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs.(*GitFilter).Smudge D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs/gitfilter_smudge.go:76 github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.smudge D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands/command_smudge.go:127 github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.filterCommand D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands/command_filter_process.go:120 github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v0.0.3/command.go:766 github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v0.0.3/command.go:852 github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v0.0.3/command.go:800 github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands.Run D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/commands/run.go:105 main.main D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/git-lfs.go:33 runtime.main go/src/runtime/proc.go:225 runtime.goexit go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1371 Smudge error

#

`github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.newWrappedError
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:198
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors.NewSmudgeError
D:/a/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors/types.go:284
github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfs.(*GitFilter).Smudge
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ENV: LocalWorkingDir=C:\Users\DESKTOP\Documents\Unreal Projects\test\MyGame LocalGitDir=C:\Users\DESKTOP\Documents\Unreal Projects\test\MyGame\.git LocalGitStorageDir=C:\Users\DESKTOP\Documents\Unreal Projects\test\MyGame\.git LocalMediaDir=C:\Users\DESKTOP\Documents\Unreal Projects\test\MyGame\.git\lfs\objects LocalReferenceDirs= TempDir=C:\Users\DESKTOP\Documents\Unreal Projects\test\MyGame\.git\lfs\tmp ConcurrentTransfers=8 TusTransfers=false BasicTransfersOnly=false SkipDownloadErrors=false FetchRecentAlways=false FetchRecentRefsDays=7 FetchRecentCommitsDays=0 FetchRecentRefsIncludeRemotes=true PruneOffsetDays=3 PruneVerifyRemoteAlways=false PruneRemoteName=origin LfsStorageDir=C:\Users\DESKTOP\Documents\Unreal Projects\test\MyGame\.git\lfs AccessDownload=none AccessUpload=none DownloadTransfers=basic,lfs-standalone-file UploadTransfers=basic,lfs-standalone-file GIT_DIR=C:/Users/DESKTOP/Documents/Unreal Projects/test/MyGame/.git GIT_EXEC_PATH=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core GIT_LFS_PATH=C:\Program Files\Git LFS

jolly fog
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hey guys

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does anyone here use Plastic SCM with unreal?

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it wont let me check in my saves

quaint obsidian
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maybe git config http.version HTTP/1.1 fixes it

mellow scaffold
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Hello ! We have been using GitHub desktop with UE5 and it has been a hell for now about unreal BP and assets ... Just noticed the version control IN ue5 with a Bit beta. Has anyone used it ? Worth it ?

merry verge
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Unreal's version control UI isn't a full replacement for standalone clients. UE5's is definitely improved but the improvements have nothing to do with assets - it just lets you work with changes a bit more like you could already do with external clients.
If you don't like Github desktop, just find another client. You can use any git client you want - sourcetree is another common free one. I've also heard good things about Fork and SmartGit.

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If you're specifically having issues around multiple people editing assets at the same time, look into git LFS and file locking. There's no solution to merging assets, but you can lock files so that they can only be edited by one person at a time.

mellow scaffold
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Thanks man

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The client is fine. Our issues are mainly abt BPs. Everytime 2 people works on a BP, one will lose its modification it seems

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I found this post talking about diffing and it seemed like it would be possible to compare BPs and assets ... https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/diffing-unreal-assets?sessionInvalidated=true

Unreal Engine
Diffing Unreal Assets

So, source control is awesome, and you should be using it! One of the benefits of source control is being able to look at previous versions of files and compare or ‘diff’ them to see how things have changed. However, regular diff tools don’t work very well on binary files like Unreal .uasset packages. We’ve got you covered with support for expor...

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I was wondering about the file locking (which is a common feature in a lot of software) but didn't looked into it for git yet

merry verge
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There's no good solution to having multiple people work on assets at the same time. You can diff BPs, and there is a 3-way merge tool... but it honestly sucks.

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The solution most studios use is locking.

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and it's a solution supported by unreal's workflows.

mellow scaffold
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We did used gitlfs before but I had to change the merge engine (put -diff for now) because we needed up by losing the files (BPs are an asset blablabla)

merry verge
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LFS has locking support

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you need to explicitly enable it based on file extension though

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(it's also the only widely supported locking solution for git)

mellow scaffold
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Perfect thanks a lot. That will do. So merge engine gitlfs or I can still use binary ?

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I'll look into it anyway

merry verge
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You would be using LFS. Assets are unmergable regardless (unless you're using the BP merge tool which honestly isn't worth it)

mellow scaffold
merry verge
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Unreal's source control plugins all (most?) support locking - as in the moment you try to save something it'll prompt you to check-out/lock the file.

mellow scaffold
merry verge
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Conversion to asset issue?

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Locking a file just means that no one else is allowed to edit it.

mellow scaffold
merry verge
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Can't have merge conflicts if only one person can edit a file at a time.

mellow scaffold
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Yeah probably :)

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Basically, after merging using gitlfs our maps and BPs were corrupted and we had this kind of message

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Failed to load map!
../../../../Dataset_Synthesizer/Source/Content/Map/TestCapturer.umap
appears to be an asset file.

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Any suggestion about the plugin ? I mean is that an external one or is it the ue5 version control ?

merry verge
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It's just the built-in plugin. And switching to UE5 just for the new UI is not even remotely worth it.

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The UE4 plugin (assuming it's a recent version of UE4) works fine.

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As for the issue you ran into, it's probably github desktop's fault

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it has an issue with LFS specifically

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use another client

mellow scaffold
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Oh. Ok will do. Hope the team will accept (they should ?)

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We started the project in ue5 already ... :)

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Just because we are all learning. So let's learn on the new UI with the new version ... Well that's how we went :p

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It is causing a bit of headaches with market place assets for instance ... But that's how it is

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Anyway thanks a lot man, that's enlightening !

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Have a good day / night etc, and take care :)

dim jackal
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I faced an issue when tried to connect some not-coders to repository - they couldn't build the project since they either don't have visual studio installed or lack some SDKs. Currently we have only source, content, config and .uproject files commited to repository, all binaries are excluded via gitignore. Is there any other way to allow artists and gamedesigners to build and run the C++ based project either than making all team members to install IDE or commiting binaries files to repository?

inland sapphire
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if they have the SDKs UBT should just build it on the spot, right?

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if it sees a problem then it will ask you to use an ide

dim jackal
quaint obsidian
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@mellow scaffold Just to correct a misconception you seem to have: you are still using LFS even if you disabled diff and merge drivers for it.

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The only thing that matters is the LFS filter, this is what actually downloads files through LFS and makes them into LFS files

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the reason your files are getting "corrupted" from merging in LFS is because they turn into unmerged pointers

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i.e, a text file which is separated into two parts, one is a pointer to your version, the other is the remote version

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the reason UE says "appears to be an asset file" is only because it isn't a map file: it's a standard text file

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it also isn't an asset, but that's not what the failed to load map! error is checking.

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there is no corruption or conversion

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here's a shortened version of the gitattributes we use:

[attr]lock filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=binary -text lockable
[attr]lfs filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=binary -text
# Unreal Engine file types.
*.uasset lock
*.umap lock
*.locres lfs
*.locmeta lfs
mellow scaffold
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Hi @quaint obsidian thanks a lot for the clarifications

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Can I just copy paste the shorten version in our git attribute file ? It that an add-on ?

quaint obsidian
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it's just what we've found works best for LFS + unreal

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it's a pretty standard set up though

mellow scaffold
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Perfect thanks

quaint obsidian
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what's your gitattributes right now?

mellow scaffold
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​Content​/​**​ ​filter​=​lfs​ ​merge​=​lfs​ ​-​diff​ ​-​text
​*​.ogg​ ​filter​=​lfs​ ​merge​=​lfs​ ​-​diff​ ​-​text
​Tracking​ ​filter​=​lfs​ ​merge​=​lfs​ ​-​diff​ ​-​text

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The basic when we created the project, with the -diff which is my modification

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We still have issue actually. Some functions on blueprint disappears, stuff like that ...

quaint obsidian
# 
[attr]lock filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=binary -text lockable
[attr]lfs filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=binary -text
# Unreal Engine file types.
*.uasset lock
*.umap lock
*.locres lfs
*.locmeta lfs
# Steam Audio files
*.phononscene lfs
*.probebox lfs
*.probebatch lfs
*.bakedsources lfs
# Binaries
*.exe lfs
*.dll lfs
*.rcc lfs
# FMOD
*.bank lfs
*.wav lfs
*.mp3 lfs
*.ogg lfs
*.flac lfs
# Icons
*.png lfs
*.ico lfs
*.icns lfs
# Movies
*.webm lfs
*.mp4 lfs
*.wmv lfs
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this is our full one, maybe this will work better for you

mellow scaffold
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Thanks a lot for the help:)

quaint obsidian
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you can replace your current one with this

mellow scaffold
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alright

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and I understood we should avoid gitdesktop also, you concur ?

pulsar parcel
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UGS essentially works by making non-programmers download a zip file with the binaries in it which matches up with the CL/revision they sync'd to, and then it unzips them. you probably could do something similar with custom tooling if you had somewhere appropriate for the build products to live

quaint obsidian
quaint obsidian
mellow scaffold
mellow scaffold
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I think it's on the GitHub issue log

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But I guess you are right. If you use GitHub desktop for Windows yourself with the .gitattr you gqve me without issue ... It means the lock is sufficient to fix the bug / issue

quaint obsidian
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whoever said that was probably assuming something was wrong with desktop, but it's really just git attributes itself

merry verge
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It doesn't seem to happen in all circumstances, but it doesn't seem to be just a misconfigured gitattributes causing it from the more recent comments.

languid escarp
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what's an idiot-proof way to remove a directory from git completely, including from the history?

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as if it never got committed in the first place

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it's been in source control for a couple of months so there have been many commits and pushes with it

merry verge
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is git BFG still relevant?

languid escarp
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you tell me

merry verge
languid escarp
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bfg --delete-folders _generated --no-blob-protection Horu.git
``` this if I wanted to remove the `_generated` folders? I have 3 separate folders like that
merry verge
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I think so

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make a backup before using this ofc

languid escarp
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will this make me have to sign all the commits again?

merry verge
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Not sure, but possibly. It is rewriting history.

languid escarp
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damn, that's no good

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how would I prevent said dirs from receiving any commits in the future, as an alternative?

merry verge
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I'd just try it first and see what happens (do it on a copy of the repo).

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as for preventing commits there in the future, you could just add the folders to your gitignore

languid escarp
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I tried gitignore but the files are still showing up

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just added this to .gitignore _generated

merry verge
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if the file is already tracked it'll continue to be tracked

languid escarp
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ah

merry verge
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you need to delete the files in a commit

languid escarp
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ah ok

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so 1. delete 2. gitignore

merry verge
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yeah

languid escarp
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cool thanks

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is there a way to ignore future commits to a file that's already in source control and not deleted?

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I have a file that gets generated content put into it when I run a command but I don't want the generated content to get committed

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the alternative is to #include said content as a cpp snippet but would avoid that if I can

merry verge
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I don't think there's a built-in way to do that... I'd just delete it and ignore it - why does it need to exist in the repo if it's generated?

languid escarp
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well parts of it are generated

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I'll #include those parts and gitignore the generated snippets then

merry verge
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oh, that'll only affect your local repo

languid escarp
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yeah I'll just do the snippet thing

merry verge
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that sounds like a more reasonable solution, yeah

languid escarp
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don't know why I had the bright idea of including generated code in the first place

quaint obsidian
# merry verge Nah there's a legit issue in github desktop that someone posted a few days ago. ...

They are being extremely misleading, they claim GitHub Desktop handles LFS files differently, but it doesn't from any other text file (in their examples, they claim it's different but show the same behavior between text and LFS). They are asking for a new feature which does LFS checkout to handle merges. Every Git client with the LFS merge driver does this splitting of the pointer file, including the CLI.

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I guess GitHub Desktop is also being confusing, because you'd expect to be able to merge files properly when there's a conflict, but I am pretty sure that every Git client even the CLI does this in some way

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theres a lot of other merge drivers which work a lot better like the built-in binary merge driver, or the custom bump-merge driver

merry verge
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Reading the more recent comments on that indicate there is a difference but I was wrong about what it was - you're right that the pointers get merged with all clients, but github desktop seems to be the only one that marks the "merged" pointer file as without conflicts.

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that said, the comment is over a year old so I don't know how relevant it is.

quaint obsidian
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But they did resolve the pointer file conflict

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then they committed the pointer file

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this will happen with any Git client if you do it directly

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note that this is merged, it's showing a directly change now, no conflicts

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This is how you resolve things to be a checked out binary again

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There is definitely an issue here: GitHub Desktop shouldn't be committing unmerged files directly back to the tree after resolution, subverting LFS

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but the way they are describing the bug is very misleading, and is probably why it's still open and unresolved

languid escarp
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is there a way to cherry pick a commit without staging the changed files automatically?

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in git

quaint obsidian
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not built-in, just have to git reset unfortunately

languid escarp
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:(

mellow scaffold
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Wow a lot of things I didn't understand :) guess we all have out area of expertise !

languid escarp
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problem is I already have a bunch of stuff staged - I'm trying to cherry pick commits from one branch and merge them all into a single commit in another but I have to go down to the line level

merry verge
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stash your current stuff, do whatever with the cherry pick, grab the stash again?

languid escarp
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yeah I know the workarounds

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actually, is there a way to cherry pick by line?

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hm

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git reset                   # unstage the changes from the cherry-picked commit
git add -p                  # make all your choices (add the changes you do want)
git commit                  # make the commit!```
mild anchor
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Hey guys, i'm having problem using Perforce
I created a .p4ignore file, but i don't know how to tell Perforce to use this file as ignore file

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I found that i should execute a command, but when i try to execute it, it doesn't found the "p4" command

cyan jay
woven sluice
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All you have to do is set windows environment variable P4IGNORE=filename.extension

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Or do the same with P4CONFIG instead and put the ignore setting inside a config file (more flexible for working across projects)

sand nymph
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Hi Guys, when you commit to Git, do you all upload your Static Meshes? Or are they best to add to the gitignore file?

eternal mountain
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hey everyone! question regarding reset vs revert: someone on my team made a few bad commits to master. The changes have not been pulled yet by the rest of the team.
One of the bad commits is a Merge branch 'main' commit. I read on SO that you can't use revert on merge commits - I assume that's the case here then or does that refer to another type of merge commit?
if correct that would mean we have to use git reset? is changing the history an issue if nobody has pulled yet?

pale glade
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Can you use UGS with other source control than perforce?

quaint obsidian
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a caveat is that you won't be able to remerge the commit once you fix it, you have to revert the revert then merge in later changes which fix it up

simple lodge
mellow scaffold
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hello again 🙂 Had question using UE5 and GitHub/Git source control and especialy File Locking

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everything is setup in the engine but seems we can't checkout files. Everytime I do, I have this message:

unknown.png
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I read that Git can't check out from the engine ... which would make sense seeing this message ...

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So my question: How do you make sure other people don't edit while you are using UE5 / Git ?

eternal mountain
quaint obsidian
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i think it's wrong, or incomplete

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you can't do a traditional revert, because merges have two parents

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but git revert -m n (either 1 or 2) allows you to specify which parent to use

quaint obsidian
quaint obsidian
mellow scaffold
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let me check

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not really helpful

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I used your gitattribute file also

mellow scaffold
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I mean, should that even work ?

quaint obsidian
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well, what git plugin are you using?

ebon mauve
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Hey guys, What could it be when the pull is loading forever?

unknown.png
ember zealot
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Where do you all host your perforce? Local server with regular backups? Managed cloud hosting? Self cloud-hosted (VPS, manual setup)? Other? I just want to make sure I'm not missing some magical super convenient solution.

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I've currently got mine set up at digital ocean in a droplet. I have a gigabit fibre connection, but my pushes and pulls fail about as often as not. I'd love just a simple hosted service like github where I can just sign up, create a repo, and connect my unreal to it. Does that exist? Is that what Assembla provides? Their website is not very clear. Bonus points for a service with a web interface that can be used to explore the repo.

woven sluice
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everyone finds something different. I've been hosting mine on a l00nix VPS at Gandi.net for a very small indie team for several years. it's been flawless overall, except I hate using linux because I suck at it, and I can't seem to coax it to send up my pulls any faster than about 100 Mbps. I'm surprised you'd be having random transfer failures

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I think Assembla does in fact take care of all the server install/setup/running for you but $$$

ember zealot
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$50/mo is worth it to not have to think about it, i think. But i dont like how it says "12 month term" -- I always prefer to go monthly for a few months first.

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honestly I dont know whether to blame perforce, digital ocean, my ISP or some random node between here and there for my issues. But i cant seem to solve them

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So I'm going to try something different, I'm just curious about everyone else before I go all in somewhere

woven sluice
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yeah, though that is per user, and I'm not sure what storage that offers. it's "cheap" for an established studio, but exhaustingly expensive for hobbyists or tiny indie teams starting out. different perspectives for different users

merry verge
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I use a cheap VPS at Linode with block storage for data (which is probably pretty slow... but I'm the only person using it and I can cheaply expand storage so meh). Manual backups done just by copying the block storage volume (usually done before upgrading the server just-in-case), automated backups done via duply/duplicity + backblaze b2 storage with the s3 api.

ember zealot
merry verge
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Eh. It's easy if you know how to administer a linux server - there's nothing custom there except setting up configuration files. Definitely not easy if you aren't accustomed to sysadmin work though.

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If you want something where you just pay and things work, that's what Assembla is.

ember zealot
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I'd love for epic to make their own hosted SCM solution, and build it right into the editor. I know git and p4 have built in support. But you just cant beat a checkbox when you create a new project that just says "host project with Epic Cloud?" or something.

merry verge
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A few commits referencing some sort of home-grown VCS snuck into ue5-main a couple of weeks ago, but there were no details and it was removed after a day or two.

ember zealot
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that's great news, even if its a year or two till it comes out

onyx crow
merry verge
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Regardless, there's very little to indicate what it is beyond "it's a custom VCS".

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aside from apparently being lockless (which was implied by one of the previous commits)... If it actually is then there are either some major concerns they're overlooking, or they've developed something that allows asset merging which imo is way more exciting than the VCS itself.

onyx crow
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Interesting find. I am not sure I can imagine it for binaries like textures. We will see.

royal turret
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idk if anyone needs this... but.. like if anyone here needs to add a license to perforce <.< for the first time...

sudo cp ~/license /opt/perforce/servers/${PERFORCE_NAME}/root/license
sudo chown perforce:perforce /opt/perforce/servers/${PERFORCE_NAME}/root/license
echo ${PASSWORD} | p4 login
p4 license -i < /opt/perforce/servers/${PERFORCE_NAME}/root/license
p4 admin stop
export P4SSLDIR=/opt/perforce/servers/${PERFORCE_NAME}/ssl/
p4d -Gc
p4dctl start -t p4d ${PERFORCE_NAME}

its assuming your p4 has most env's set already. :X Just had to activate a license today, XD all sorts of fun headaches.. Oh also if you so happen to have deployed this on the cloud, and your internal vpc/vpn/etc ip is different from your globally assigned ip. Make sure you give your internal ip, for your license.. or.. Your going to be on with text support and they are going to have you do ipconfig and send a email chain...

<.< enjoy

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I should of mentioned, replace with your directories for proper handling ❤️ Will be releasing a terraform package with bash scripts to automate all of this <.< if anyone ends up being interested....

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tokes and goes back to coding

cyan jay
royal turret
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does not work on the very first license loaded on a server @cyan jay ^_^

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if ur updating, it will work but the very first license added too a server, requires a server restart and a regeneration of SSL

cyan jay
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oh yeah, that sounds familiar actually 😄

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I don't remember having to regen SSL tho

royal turret
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@cyan jay it depends if you have ssl enabled in your settings.

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if you do, you need to regen, if you don't you don't have too.

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its suggested you do SSL though

cyan jay
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we do use SSL, I just don't remember that step, but maybe I did, it was a few months ago now

royal turret
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ahh Nods

hasty grove
#

Hi. Is Perforce still the way to go for source control with UE?

cursive cosmos
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What's better for UE? Plastic or perforce?

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I was also considering gitlab because of their 10gb repo size limit

rotund bobcat
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perforce has best integration with unreal of all vcs

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cause that's what they use internally as well

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but it comes at a price if you're >5 users

twilit valve
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Hello. I'm wondering if it's possible to setup a single icon that when clicked, will Get Latest and when that's finished, launch the .uproject. Could such a batch file be made?

Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers.

open lynx
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Hi! Commited my today's work, switched to another branch and now I'm not able to go back.
For some reason, LFS cannot download the file from local cache I guess. Branch is not pushed to origin.

unknown.png
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Does anybody, how can I get my files back?

twilit valve
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Also, can anyone tell me if there's a difference between "Get Latest" in P4V, "p4 sync ...", and "p4 update" in CLI?

quaint obsidian
ebon mauve
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Hello, someone knows why git pull is very very slow?

quaint obsidian
stable star
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Hey all, just wanted to see what anyone's experience has been with perforce. I'm still a beginner, with some experience using git, and was wondering how easy it is to use perforce with the engine.

merry verge
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It's easy to use with the engine. Difficulty stems from having to maintain a perforce server yourself, perforce not really working similarly to git, and perforce's licencing.
If you already know git it's probably easier to go with that unless you have systems administration experience.

mellow scaffold
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Hello ! Sorry for bother again but we are looking for guidance in our merge process

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We have been working on the same BPs with my associates and we think the next push will be a s***t show. We were wondering if we should: 1/make copies and copy paste stuff 2/ branch then merge ? But how to compare ? 3/ another way ?
We are using git and the locking process doesn't work

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Thanks in advance

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For instance I noticed a merge / diff tool in UE. Can it compare with branches ? Is it working well ?

woven sluice
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you dug your own grave. you can try that tool, but fix your team's workflow after you take care of this and get locking working

mellow scaffold
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Ok

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I don't why. we activated version control, we have git set up with a good gitattribute (.asset etc with locking) UE asks if we want to lock but it always fail

rich bison
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does anyone that use Unreal Game Sync know if there is a way to not have to rebuild the entire engine every time you want to sync to a new changelist and launch the editor?

analog burrow
mellow scaffold
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Quick other question: what do you think about SVN with UE ? because our GIT Check out are still not working, and that's crappy.

quaint obsidian
mellow scaffold
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@quaint obsidian none, just the one in UE5

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I activated source control git beta, used my git username which is linked to my epic account (if it matters)

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I tried to clone again, no luck

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Gitattribute has .uasset lock and git lfs is on

quaint obsidian
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the built-in one does not support LFS

mellow scaffold
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For some reason I can't find a lot of information on internet which drives me in the direction of: I must have forgot something, ism at fault somewhere and it's really simple

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But to use the locking on git lfs needs to be active right ?

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Owwww man. Why everything so complicated

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So I have to use a plugin, but since we're on ue5 it might not work. That's it ?

quaint obsidian
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But some people have said some of the menus have not been working. Since I do not use UE5, it's hard for me to figure it out so far

mellow scaffold
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Alright ! Now we are talking. As long as the locks works we can use sourcetree to push right ?

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That's awesome man

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@quaint obsidian thanks a lot. Guess we can let you know if there is an issue ?

quaint obsidian
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Sure!

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I do want to figure out how Source Control works currently in UE5, because apparently it's different and that's why the menus don't work

mellow scaffold
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Thanks a lot for the help. Like I said it was really simple: it can't work ...

merry verge
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UE5 changed the VCS UI a whole bunch, probably because they wanted to support real changelist management for perforce since all they had before was a glorified submit button for the default changelist.
Dunno what changed in the git ui but I'm sure it's related...

quaint obsidian
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yeah apparently checking in stuff is different now, you dont have a submit button to check in anymore

tribal rover
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I have been trying to do a project with one of my friends and we decided to try and use git, but although we followed a tutorial on setting it up on a empty project it failed multiple times due to the problem that I could give out updates but my friend couldnt recive them or something and vice versa. if someone can point me towards a tutorial or something that can help me set up git?

quaint obsidian
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what is failing?

mellow scaffold
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@quaint obsidian hello 🙂 Just to check with you: That's ok to use the default GIT path right ?

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because you have also an .exe in the plugin, so just want to make sure that's correct

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Just tried to lock a file, and had the same error message (cannot lock blablabla) but the status Icon changed and the log seems ok:

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quaint obsidian
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you didn't set a LFS username

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that's why it failed

mellow scaffold
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I did, used my Git Username

quaint obsidian
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the exe in the plugin is used for other things

mellow scaffold
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should I put a @ in front ?

quaint obsidian
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no

mellow scaffold
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ok

quaint obsidian
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which git service are you using?

mellow scaffold
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github

quaint obsidian
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then yeah, if you put your github username there, it should be fine

mellow scaffold
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mmhhh I think I use the wrong one, maybe that's why

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seems better. Should I understand that the files are now locked and nobody can change them until I unlock them ?
is it automatic like even if I didn't push they are locked ? Or it's just they can't push those files ?

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@quaint obsidian again thanks a lot 🙂

quaint obsidian
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they are locked, no one can change them if they have the plugin

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and if they try really hard, they can't push while it is locked

mellow scaffold
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and that's awesome

rotund bobcat
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just so you know, cross posting is against the rules

lucid laurel
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How do I move my Perforce Depot from one server (Linux) to another (Windows)?

frozen ore
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so how is version control handled for assets? sounds, 3d models, textures, etc... to be clear i am referring to the working files not the final export.

quaint obsidian
wheat mica
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Hey, I want to know why I have the Check Out Assets window, when I have disabled the source control?

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merry verge
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because the file is still read-only

mellow scaffold
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@quaint obsidian hi again, sorry to bother. So the plugin works well. I noticed something though.
When I push from Sourcetree a modified file the check out stays. that's intended ? Seems we should use the checkin from UE to push the commit and checkin, right ?

quaint obsidian
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yes, LFS locks are separate from push. you can keep the lock after push if you want to continue working on it

mellow scaffold
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anyway to clear both when pushing ?

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both, well, clear the locks when pushing from git desktop or sourcetree for instance

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thanks a lot again. it will help so much ... 😄

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?

quaint obsidian
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i only know in unreal editor

kind laurel
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Any sense of when we'll get P4VS for VS2022?

lean prism
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How different is GitHub from Perforce?

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In how you use the source control?

rotund bobcat
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github is a host

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git is the vcs

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perforce is centralized, git is decentralized

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so they work quite differently

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same-ish idea, very different execution

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the base flow is the same of syncing and pushing and stuff though

lean prism
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So the ability to lock and merge files, is that preserved?

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In git?

rotund bobcat
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kinda

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there is locking with git LFS

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but it's not as secure as perforce I think, cause of branching

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but idk, never used the git file locking tbh

glad stag
spark light
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Hi, im new to unreal and i was wondering if someone would be willing to dm me and help me setup source control for my project

stoic bluff
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can someone help with ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined) error for github?
I have used LFS but this is the error it gives me.

quaint obsidian
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you should show more of the error

quaint obsidian
quaint obsidian
kind laurel
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@glad stag Thanks!

jolly fog
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Ue5main branch is broken, doesn’t compile on Mac

cyan jay
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Dude, are you really sat there in your pants taking a picture of a reflective screen 🙈

rotund bobcat
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reflective screen with seemingly lots of shit on it

kind laurel
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@glad stag Now I'm feeling a bit sheepish here, but I'm struggling to figure out how to get the P4VS extension installed in VS 2022. I don't see an installer or anything on the GIT site, but maybe I'm missing it.

runic lynx
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Hello. I have a small team of hobbyists and we want to start collaborating on Unreal.

I am a software engineer and have been for the past 10 years.

However, my friends are 3d modelers, sound designers, etc.

What version control system to do you recommend for a small team of ~5 people, many of them not developers?

I know Perforce is popular, but it is also expensive.

bitter island
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Using perforce, unable to generate project files.
Problem I'm having is even though a file is ignored in our .pfignore, it's still marked as read-only by perforce.
I've spent two days searching but can't find info on this. Is there a way to make perforce leave ignored files writable, do I have to make the whole workspace "allwrite", or do I have to include the files in the stream and set their filetype to writable

lapis falcon
runic lynx
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though I do have a desktop moldering in the corner, maybe I should homelab it...

lapis falcon
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I don't have experience from Plastic, but Housemarque uses it for their projects for example, so I'm sure it's robust!

mellow scaffold
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Hum ... hi ... Help ??

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So we're in a dead lock RN using Git because some files are locked, especially the .uproject ...

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and we don't know how to deal with that XD

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we don't even understand how it happened

mellow scaffold
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my friend managed to push after I removed all my commits but the uproject is still locked to him for some reason

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alright, git lfs unlock F1 --force did the trick. FIOUUUUU

kind laurel
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@bitter island I don't know what your issue is; I have no problem generating project files when using Perforce. So it's not an issue inherent in Perforce.

merry verge
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The issue is they have a file that's checked-in to perforce that either shouldn't be or that needs to be checked out.
If you have .p4ignore setup then make sure you've set P4IGNORE=.p4ignore either as an environment variable or via p4 set.
If that's already been done: backup the file, mark the file for deletion in perforce, submit, move the file back. Perforce will continue to track files that have already been tracked regardless of ignores (git works the same way) so you need to delete the file from the depot to get it to stop.

astral tangle
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Level artists, when you submit a level without having rebuilt lighting, do you submit the BuiltData file as well?

astral tangle
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I was under the impression that there was nothing of value in that file aside from lighting information, but a couple people have told me to always submit it "to be safe"

trail scroll
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Getting "PCH file uses an older PCH format that is no longer supported" error while building, any idea why? this is only happening when on 4.27.1, 4.26.2 used to build fine

hollow bluff
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Hi, is someone familiar with github desktop able to help me? I'm trying to set this up but when I make the initial push it keeps saying "The following files are over 100MB. We recommend you avoid committing these files or use git LFS to store large files." I already have git LFS so I don't know what's the problem.

wheat mica
hollow bluff
cursive cosmos
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How exactly would I apply a standard versioning scheme to my project builds (ie Major.Minor.Patch)

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Can I implement it in a way where I can access that version number though any c++ class so I can expose it to blueprint

prisma flame
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is source control the only way to work with a group?

merry verge
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you could huddle around a single computer taking turns

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or you could upload your project to dropbox or something which... i guess is still a sort of source control. And an absolutely horrible way to work.

prisma flame
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yeah

rotund bobcat
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the question is why wouldn't you use source control to work with a group

somber kraken
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Hey There, for those who use P4V ? have you been successfull in saving your password as an environment variable? I tried but still no luck

stoic bluff
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I have issues with github and git LFS, can someone help me? I've been trying to figure this out for days.

spark light
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I don’t suppose anyone knows of a work around for this ?

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desert pine
quaint obsidian
cursive cosmos
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Use GitLab if you want a no-pain less painful experience with UE4

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just make a repo in gitlab, go in to your UE4 source control, enable git and set the URL to your gitlab repo, and initialize it, also let it make a gitignore and gitattributes and whatever

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then download github desktop and open the local repo and commit it to the remote gitlab branch

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it should ask you if you want to enable git LFS, so say yes

spark light
spark light
bold perch
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Can the p4ignore file be placed in a subfolder or does it have to be in the workspace root?

quaint obsidian
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This also applies to filters, so even though Git LFS has supported large files, Git could not pass these to LFS.

quaint obsidian
glad stag
desert pine
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Costs me maybe $20 per month

spark light
desert pine
spark light
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Of course

karmic meadow
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Azure Devops has free git lfs

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unlimited repo size

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First 5 members are free.

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So - am I supposed to store the entire Binaries folder if it is a C++ project and my artists/designers need to use the engine as well, except they don't have VS and stuff installed?

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It isn't a custom build of UE4, it's just a C++ project.

spark light
lapis falcon
kind laurel
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Grrrr... So, I must have accidentally hit some hot key or something in Visual Studio. I'm using Perforce. Suddenly, every definition and declaration in Visual Studio shows a little up arrow with the name of my computer and, if I hover over it, it tells me when and which computer last revised and committed that declaration or definition. How do I get rid of this? It looks like this:

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Figured it out -- it's something called "CodeLens" and I had to turn it off.

woven sluice
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Sidenote I prefer to set P4CONFIG instead and then I use a config file in my project root folder to set the ignore file and login info for that project

bold perch
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@lapis falcon @woven sluice Thank you very much!

quaint obsidian
karmic meadow
quaint obsidian
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Yes I understood that part about using an installed build, not a source build

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Programmers would compile locally. You can certainly have a submission process where programmers submit their own locally built binaries as zips, but usually you'd have a build server do that for them.

karmic meadow
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Yeah - a build server ain't in the pipeline currently. Not lookin' at that for a bit. I'm not curious about devops overall - just the way to get my non-programmers the project and not requiring them to compile locally. I saw in the docs they said to put the binaries folder in source control - and I'm just like, all of it?

quaint obsidian
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Yeah, you can do that. If you don't have a build server, perhaps that's best because binaries download would require some pipeline tool anyway.

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dlls are the necessary part of the bins folder

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you can also include pdbs if you want the crash logs to have information, but programmers can just debug a dump locally

woven sluice
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if you use perforce and have a very small team, using CI to build and simply upload binaries in the repo works really, really well. if you don't have CI it's going to be a pain, and I dunno if I would ever consider doing this for GIT because of the unnecessary repo bloat - for either case I would just as soon ask programmers to learn how to build locally

karmic meadow
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I'm using Git + LFS and Azure DevOps

quaint obsidian
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we used the binaries in LFS approach and it worked fine

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but we faced issues with merge conflicts on binaries folder

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so we switched to a Binaries.zip model using a custom made tool called PBSync

karmic meadow
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And currently, just 3 people. 1 programmer (me)

quaint obsidian
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but yeah, for such a small team

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just committing binaries is completely fine

karmic meadow
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But it would be the entire Binaries folder?

quaint obsidian
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you dont need to commit ilk files (they are created if you use incremental linking)

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dont need to commit libs

karmic meadow
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There is no bins folder. Unless you're just shorthanding Binaries

quaint obsidian
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short handing binaries

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sorry

karmic meadow
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No ilk files in here

quaint obsidian
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yeah, incremental link is not the default, just said that just in case

karmic meadow
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I was just confused because when you click on the {ProjectName}.exe in the folder, it launches the actual game. I thought it was going to launch the editor.

quaint obsidian
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oh did you build a standalone version of the game?

karmic meadow
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When I test, yeah.

quaint obsidian
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ahhh

karmic meadow
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But I put that in a different folder altogether.

quaint obsidian
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yeah those are put in Binaries too

karmic meadow
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Automatically?

quaint obsidian
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well, how many source modules do you have?

woven sluice
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exe's in your project Binaries folder? Thonk

quaint obsidian
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if you only have one, it should be UE4Editor-ModuleName.dll

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so you share that one

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as well as the target and modules file

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and the PDB file if you want to share symbols

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if you have multiple modules, then you'd share the UE4Editor DLL (and optionally PDB) for each module

karmic meadow
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This is everything in my Binaries/Win64 folder. The marked out parts are the project's name.

unknown.png
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When I packed the game, I put it in a different folder called Builds (not in SC) and in there it has WindowsNoEditor - which is expected.

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It like auto put the .exe in the Binaries folder.

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Okay - I deleted the folder and regenerated it pretty much. I see.

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Alright - so I assume that when they're using the launcher build and open the project, it checks for these .dll's on startup and if they exist, loads 'em in.

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@quaint obsidian So I just need the following for source control?

  1. {ProjectName}Editor.target
  2. UE4Editor.modules
  3. UE4Editor-{ProjectName}.dll
  4. UE4Editor-{ProjectName}.pdb
quaint obsidian
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yeah

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not sure what that tbb12.dll or OpenImageDenoise.dll is, are you using those in your project directly?

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or are they part of a packaged plugin?

karmic meadow
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No idea honestly. I do have some marketplace assets and quixel stuff. But all of my c++ code is my own and I haven't used any of that stuff.

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They're not in my Binaries folder anymore though. I just deleted the entire folder and went into Rider and recompiled. So it is a clean folder now.

mellow scaffold
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Hi ! So ... We busted out lfs quota on GitHub ...

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Obv paying would fix the issue. Do you have any recommendations on this ? Because we are only 2 members for now but soon enough 6. I am looking to the other git platforms but would like your advice

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Thanks

karmic meadow
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@mellow scaffold Azure DevOps.

tardy venture
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I have a private p4 server in DO currently, but paying for the 25GB storage only ATM. Going to run out real quick, probs!

hoary lichen
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hello guys does anyone here use perforce ?

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I'm trying to share my ue4 project with a friend, I have set up a depot in my own pc.

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will I be able to share it with a friend over internet ?

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I'm a complete noob in this field. excuse me if it sounds silly

hoary lichen
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or cloud hosting is the only way ?