Prevent/ignore files from being imported

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1

Hi,

is it possible to prevent Unity from importing files?

Ideally, some kind of gitignore-style file, but for the Unity editor itself.

The reason I’m asking is that, when I work with 3D packages on something directly in the /Assets folder, they often create autosave files which Unity will import.

Thanks!

2

You should be able to at least deactivate some option of the importation but every file under the project Assets folder is imported:

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;

public class IgnoreAutoSaves : AssetPostprocessor
{
    void OnPreprocessModel()
    {
        if (assetPath.Contains("autosave")) //or whatever you can use to recognize autosaves
        {
            ModelImporter modelImporter = assetImporter as ModelImporter;
            modelImporter.importAnimatedCustomProperties	 = false;
			modelImporter.importAnimation = false;
			modelImporter.importBlendShapeNormals = false;
			modelImporter.importBlendShapes = false;
			modelImporter.importCameras = false;
			modelImporter.importConstraints = false;
			modelImporter.importLights = false;
			modelImporter.importNormals = false;
			modelImporter.importTangents = false;
			modelImporter.importVisibility = false;
			
        }
    }
}

But I think you should see if the software you use allows you to change the folder where auto saving files are written