[p4] typemap and exclusive locking (revisited)

[Tony Sweeney]

todd.benham at kodak.com wrote:
> I found many references to typemap setting and exclusive locking but I
> can't get this one point straight.
>  
> If I add "binary+l //..." to our typemap, all future binary files are
> exclusive lock by default. 
>   
If you add "binary+l //..." to your typemap, all future files will be 
both binary _and_ exclusive lock by default, because '//...' matches all 
files in all depots.  'binary' and 'binary+l' are distinct types.  You 
seem to be trying to modify the 'binary' type to mean 'binary+l', and 
that isn't how it works.
>  
> Ideally, I want binaries to be exclusive lock but I want any specific
> typemaps to still apply.
> But I don't want any text files to be binary (which seems to be happening)
> and the text types are not exclusive lock.
>  
> I located this above the middle of the typemap after all the "binary
> //....xxx" lines but before any "text //...xxx" lines.
>  
> I removed that line. Do I have to add "+l" to each individual line or am I
> missing something?
>   
Yes.
>  
> If this is true, then any binary added with an "unknown" extension will
> not get the exclusive lock.
>   
Exactly.
>  
>  
> Todd
>  
>   
Tony.
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