How to get rid of unity lockfile

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Whenever i start up unity it creates two files (seen in the gyazo link)

https://gyazo.com/bd0d7cefa8bdc651be7405cbcc0fc45e

these files make it impossible for me to commit anything while unity is still opened, when i close unity the files disappear.

I've tried the solution stated in http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/1238437/do-you-need-to-close-unity-to-stage-files-in-sourc.html

but it doesnt work for me.

Can someone please help me because i dont want to close unity everytime i want to commit.

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Answer by roome0 · Feb 14, 2017 at 02:33 PM

nevermind i actually fixed it myself, had the gitignore for global folders like the temp folder, but i had to rewrite it specifically for my game.

/[Tt]emp/ this is what i had

changed it into Crozzit/[Tt]emp/

and it works

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user75641 · Jul 08, 2019 at 02:59 AM 0

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it does work, that is if you replace "Crozzit/[Tt]emp" with your game name and add "/[Tt]emp" on the front

Cout_Nico_F · Dec 06, 2020 at 08:39 PM 0

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I know this post is old but for anyone that can use this i will say: When working in unity with github the .gitignore file needs to be INSIDE the root folder of the project. Where the Assets/Library etc folders are. If you have the gitignore file outside this folder it wont work as expected. This is why you needed to add your folder name there

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Answer by trapazza · Mar 19, 2020 at 09:40 PM

Since lock files are intended to be used locally by Unity you can as well mark it as 'ignored'

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Answer by Cout_Nico_F · Dec 06, 2020 at 08:40 PM

GitIgnore file needs to be INSIDE the unity project folder and not outside. this is why you had this issue

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