Add create first version and keep placeholders settings to Templated Workfile Build

[BigRoy]

Changelog Description

Add create first version and keep placeholders settings to Templated Workfile Build settings in Maya, to match e.g. ayon-nuke and other integrations

Additional review information

Came up here: https://discord.com/channels/517362899170230292/563751989075378201/1387011018206609498

Testing notes:

1. The added "create first version" and "keep placeholders" templated workfile build settings should work.

[tweak-wtf]

just gave this a spin but it doesn't seem to work just yet.
the server settings now shows Create First Version defaulting to true and Keep Placeholders defaulting to False.
However, the first workfile version isn't being built.

it might be misconfiguration on my side tho as i'm a bit confused about the 2 settings categories for the template builder

• ayon+settings://maya/workfile_build
• ayon+settings://maya/templated_workfile_build
  manually executing Build Workfile from Template works

also it seems different DCCs have slightly different settings available for templating.

[BigRoy]

Interesting, because pretty sure it should work due to the logic here that is essentially taking it from the settings value.

Did you correctly upload the package and are launching in that bundle (including having that packaged addon version in that bundle) version in Launcher?

• ayon+settings://maya/workfile_build
• ayon+settings://maya/templated_workfile_build
  manually executing Build Workfile from Template works

@MustafaJafar weren't you just recently working on docs or something that discussed the differences here?

also it seems different DCCs have slightly different settings available for templating.

It should now match closely with Houdini, Nuke, After Effects, Silhouette.

[BigRoy]

Ah I see now - we're actually not triggering the build workfile template logic AT ALL in Maya on new scene or on launch. Hence, not even the default logic applies.

[tweak-wtf]

Ah I see now - we're actually not triggering the build workfile template logic AT ALL in Maya on new scene or on launch. Hence, not even the default logic applies.

yes, exactly my findings.
was reading through this commit here
ynput/ayon-houdini@65db6d3

[BigRoy]

Hmm - yes, seems more likely that'd need to be added. Feel free to branch off this minor branch and fix it. Not something I'm looking into nor have the time for currently.

[MustafaJafar]

it might be misconfiguration on my side tho as i'm a bit confused about the 2 settings categories for the template builder

• ayon+settings://maya/workfile_build
• ayon+settings://maya/templated_workfile_build
  manually executing Build Workfile from Template works

@MustafaJafar weren't you just recently working on docs or something that discussed the differences here?

The difference is outlined on docs.

• Workfile Build Settings: Build from presets that look for products to load in the current folder path and linked folder paths.
• Templated Build Workfile: The regular build from template similar to Nuke and Houdini.

For reference, This information is based on my search-fu skills through code and descriptions of different PRs. and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[BigRoy]

Closing in favor of #307