making sure artists checkout files

[sschoellhammer]

Hello there,

I'm totally new to plastic so please forgive any stupid questions.

We'd like to use plastic for our source assets (maya etc).
Is there a way of write-protecting workspace files and unlock them only when the user checks them out? I know p4 is working that way. i.e 

- check out directory /characters/character1, making all those files writable 

- revert unchanged

- commit 

Or how else can I get artists to checkout everything before they start working? :)

Thanks,

seb

[psantosl]

Hi!

 

Yes, you can configure plastic to set all files as readonly on your working copy (they can always override that, but it helps).

How:

 

Or: configure writable.conf or readonly.conf:

 

https://www.plasticscm.com/documentation/gui/plastic-scm-version-control-gui-guide.shtml#TheOtherOptionsTab

 

pablo

[sschoellhammer]

Oh this is great! Thanks for the heads-up and quick reply!

[sschoellhammer]

Is there a way to bulk-undo a checkout if there is no change? 

So that I can just select all my checked out files and only commit what I've actually changed. 

If there is a better workflow, please let me know as well but this what I used to do with P4

 

[manu]

Hi @sschoellhammer,

you can use the following command:

cm uncounchanged . -R

It will undo those items that are checked-out but they are not really having changes.

But, notice Plastic will never create a new file revision with the same file content as the previous one, so even if you have a checked-out item without changes, if you check it in the Plastic SCM server will notice it's unchanged and will skip the checkin operation for it, the undo-checkout will occur for that file and the pending changes view will be cleared.

 

[sschoellhammer]

Hi Manu,

thanks! Yes I noticed only changed files make it into the commit. It would be kind of nice to have that command in the UI for gluon..

seb 

[manu]

Hi @sschoellhammer,

I've been reviewing and the idea is not added yet so you are kindly requested to add the suggestions to our user voice site: https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general

You'll notice we hear our users

• DONE: https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/13468278-add-undo-unchanged-files-to-macplastic
• DONE: https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/2470962-option-to-undo-checkouts-for-unchanged-files
• DONE: https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/3131460-add-an-undo-pending-changes-option-to-the-contex
• DONE: https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/34047673-don-t-show-files-in-pending-changes-that-have-not

[sschoellhammer]

Nice to see

Actually this is exactly what I'm talking about:

https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/2470962-option-to-undo-checkouts-for-unchanged-files

Maybe the question of the initial poster was misunderstood?

I can make a new question or you can open that back up?

[manu]

That one was actually requested for Plastic SCM (plastic.exe) not Gluon as it was not created yet ?

So if you want to can create a new idea referencing that one if you want as you basically want the same thing but in Gluon.