How to handle unexpected uasset changes when Git commiting?

Development Programming & Scripting
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This aspect of Unreal makes development a pain.

I look at the file changes before I commit my changes. But I frequently see unexpected changes to asset files that I don’t recall modifying, because the Editor automatically and silent modifies them for one reason or another. For example, I just found that when a sync marker is added to an animation sequence, any associated blend spaces gets automatically modified. And sometimes a Level asset gets modified though I didn’t touch it.

This is a problem because there is no way to diff these files to see what changes have been made. So I can’t tell whether it’s a legit change I should commit or an accidentally change I should rollback.

Is there a solution to this?

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You can actually diff the blueprints if you opt to intergrate git/svn/perforce into the UE Editor…
So this way, you can diff the bp to see if there are actually changes worth to commit…

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Correct me if I’m wrong but you can’t see the diff for all types of blueprints, like a Level or a blend space.