9 messages in com.perforce.perforce-user[p4] Binary files always locked on "O...
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Subject:[p4] Binary files always locked on "Open for Edit"?
From:Ivey, William (will@bmc.com)
Date:03/23/2005 08:01:20 AM
List:com.perforce.perforce-user

-----Original Message----- From: Lee Marzke [mailto:lee at marzke.net]

While it's not a good idea to setup locking for all files, I do recommend setting the type of many files that can't be merged to +l. So initially you may want to consider having your Perforce administrator set the +l filetype modifier in the typemap for any of the following that you check into Perforce.

.exe, .gif, .jpg, .png, .bin, .pdf,

The typemap entry is case-sensitive (assuming the server is on unix). That complicates things a little - at a minimum you should check for the all caps variations of common Windows extensions. It would be nice if there was a flag in the typemap form, or on a per-line basis (a + prefix maybe). -Wm