Game Engine Typemap (WIP) Engine-agnostic typemap that will work with UE, Unity, Godot, etc.

p4 universal game dev typemap

# Perforce File Type Mapping Specifications.
#
#  TypeMap:    a list of filetype mappings; one per line.
#        Each line has two elements:
#
#          Filetype: The filetype to use on 'p4 add'.
#
#          Path:     File pattern which will use this filetype.
#
# See 'p4 help typemap' for more information.

TypeMap:
    # Text files. These lines are probably unnecessary as P4 will auto-detect the type.
    text        //....asmdef
    text        //....asmref
    text        //....cginc
    text        //....cm
    text        //....compute
    text        //....cs
    text        //....csv
    text        //....editorconfig
    text        //....gitignore
    text        //....hlsl
    text        //....js
    text        //....json
    text        //....md
    text        //....package
    text        //....proc
    text        //....proc
    text        //....rsp
    text        //....shader
    text        //....template
    text        //....txt
    text        //....uss
    text        //....xml
    text        //....yaml

    # Text files that should be locked. (These are Unity3D files)
    text+l      //....md5anim
    text+l      //....md5mesh
    text+l      //....meta

    # Text files that should remain writable (often automatically updated)
    # Be EXTRA SURE to reconcile offline work to make sure they are submitted properly.
    text+w      //....config
    text+w      //....DotSettings
    text+w      //....ini
    text+w      //....log
    text+w      //....modules
    text+w      //....pdm
    text+w      //....target
    text+w      //....uatbuildrecord
    text+w      //....uproject
    text+w      //....version

    # Binary files to lock and to store uncompressed (because they are likely already compressed)
    binary+Fl   //....avi
    binary+Fl   //....bz2
    binary+Fl   //....gif
    binary+Fl   //....gz
    binary+Fl   //....jar
    binary+Fl   //....jpeg
    binary+Fl   //....jpg
    binary+Fl   //....mov
    binary+Fl   //....mpg
    binary+Fl   //....rar
    binary+Fl   //....tif
    binary+Fl   //....tiff
    binary+Fl   //....zip

    # Most binary files should be locked to avoid merge conflicts.
    # Feel free to add more file endings as needed.
    # Also, if you want to take advantage of Delta Transfer in P4
    # you could add +F to all binaries to get faster sync/submit
    # at the cost of using more storage space on the server.
    binary+l    //....a
    binary+l    //....aac
    binary+l    //....aar
    binary+l    //....aas
    binary+l    //....ae
    binary+l    //....ai
    binary+l    //....aiff
    binary+l    //....anim
    binary+l    //....apk
    binary+l    //....asset
    binary+l    //....bik
    binary+l    //....bin
    binary+l    //....blend
    binary+l    //....bmp
    binary+l    //....bnk
    binary+l    //....btr
    binary+l    //....celtx
    binary+l    //....cfm
    binary+l    //....class
    binary+l    //....clip
    binary+l    //....controller
    binary+l    //....cubemap
    binary+l    //....dae
    binary+l    //....data
    binary+l    //....dds
    binary+l    //....demo
    binary+l    //....doc
    binary+l    //....docx
    binary+l    //....dot
    binary+l    //....ear
    binary+l    //....fbx
    binary+l    //....flac
    binary+l    //....fnt
    binary+l    //....ibl
    binary+l    //....ico
    binary+l    //....ip
    binary+l    //....light
    binary+l    //....lighting
    binary+l    //....lwo
    binary+l    //....m4a
    binary+l    //....ma
    binary+l    //....mask
    binary+l    //....mat
    binary+l    //....mb
    binary+l    //....mp3
    binary+l    //....mp4
    binary+l    //....navmesh
    binary+l    //....obj
    binary+l    //....odg
    binary+l    //....odp
    binary+l    //....ods
    binary+l    //....odt
    binary+l    //....ogg
    binary+l    //....otf
    binary+l    //....otg
    binary+l    //....ots
    binary+l    //....ott
    binary+l    //....overrideController
    binary+l    //....pac
    binary+l    //....pdf
    binary+l    //....physicMaterial
    binary+l    //....png
    binary+l    //....ppt
    binary+l    //....pptx
    binary+l    //....prefab
    binary+l    //....prefab.unity
    binary+l    //....psb
    binary+l    //....psd
    binary+l    //....raw
    binary+l    //....renderTexture
    binary+l    //....res
    binary+l    //....response
    binary+l    //....roq
    binary+l    //....rpt
    binary+l    //....shadow
    binary+l    //....skp
    binary+l    //....so
    binary+l    //....sxw
    binary+l    //....tar
    binary+l    //....terrain
    binary+l    //....tga
    binary+l    //....tres
    binary+l    //....ttf
    binary+l    //....u
    binary+l    //....uasset
    binary+l    //....udk
    binary+l    //....umap
    binary+l    //....unity
    binary+l    //....unitypackage
    binary+l    //....upk
    binary+l    //....war
    binary+l    //....wav
    binary+l    //....webm
    binary+l    //....wma
    binary+l    //....wmv
    binary+l    //....xls
    binary+l    //....xlsx

    # Binary files that should stay writable because they will be updated automatically,
    # such as when building without requiring checkout first.
    # Be EXTRA SURE to reconcile offline work to make sure they are submitted properly.
    binary+w    //....app
    binary+w    //....dll
    binary+w    //....dylib
    binary+w    //....exe
    binary+w    //....exp
    binary+w    //....ipa
    binary+w    //....lib
    binary+w    //....pdb
    binary+w    //....rc
    binary+w    //....stub
    binary+w    //....ubulk
    binary+w    //....uexp

    # The Sn flag means the server will only keep the latest n versions of the file.
    # This is useful for large files that we want to store but can be regenerated if needed.
    binary+wS2  //..._BuildData.uasset

Thanks, @CitizenZultron ! I will look at incorporating this soon.
The P4 server will automatically detect if files are text or binary so I generally only use the typemap for files that I want to add special modifiers to, OR files that it incorrectly identifies (for example, a binary file with a long text-based header can sometimes incorrectly show up as text).
So unless you've found any of those text files to be interpreted incorrectly by the server, I'll probably leave those off.

The suggestion of adding .meta files as text+l makes sense! Definitely happy for the input on Unity files since I don't use Unity as often.

Hello. This is a helpful typemap. I believe there's one error:
.exp files are set to be binary. I believe they need to be writeable in the workspace. At least in my case, trying to compile Unreal Engine 5.

I have a related question. Should the .exp and .lib files just be ignored in P4Ignore?

Cheers.

@michaelwbell
I just checked my gist for p4ignore here https://gist.github.com/jase-perf/b15b57d72fa8095c732fdbc4ca948903
which is based on Epic's recommendations and there is this line:

**/Engine/Binaries/**/*.exp

So it does seem like at least those ones should be ignored. I wonder if all of them should, though.

Thanks. I've also added .flac in my version.

Since information is limited, I am sharing my typemap with a more specific focus on Unity Engine that could complement this list:

Thanks for that @CitizenZultron ! I finally took the time to incorporate your changes and update the typemap. I made a few changes like removing +S from a couple file types, since I try to avoid recommending that without caveats since it could result in someone losing a version they needed and that can't be regenerated from the other files. Let me know if you think that was incorrect, though!