I want to be able to have a simple branch workflow with my artist.
They make a branch, work from there, push branch and make a new branch.
In gluon, I can switch branches, but am unable to make a new branch (either no support or I cannot find it). Is it true this is not supported or am I missing something?
Secondly:
I am unable to merge the main branch to branches I make, but am able to do this the other way around. Is this correct?
If so, this would be good for keeping the branches clean without cross merging. This does conflict if artists cannot make branches, since I would need to make new branches for them
Gluon is a simplified GUI designed for a single branch workflow using locks. You cannot create new branches or merge them in Gluon. The idea is you switch to a specific branch that already exists and always work there.
The branching and merging is transparent to the Gluon users so they can just focus on lock and checkin the assets.
You cannot merge any branch in Gluon. All the branching and merging workflow needs to be handled via the Plastic GUI.
Note the file lock and the Gluon workflow only work on a single branch workflow. If you are creating multiple branches, you may potentially generate merge conflicts with files that are not possible to be merged (binaries…)
Thanks!
I’ll teach them the regular plastic workflow in that case! The new UI is really nice.
Is it true that in the new UI you also cannot merge from main to branch but can the other way around?