From cbfb3e734eba83852846b6d047f18bf53c752012 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy Nieterau <roy_nieterau@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 04:10:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix not unique group name error

(cherry picked from commit f1b7aed767b76bced648b785dc3d40a68b36db7b)
---
 openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_reference.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_reference.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_reference.py
index dd64fd0a16..2cc24f1360 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_reference.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_reference.py
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class ReferenceLoader(openpype.hosts.maya.api.plugin.ReferenceLoader):
             if current_namespace != ":":
                 group_name = current_namespace + ":" + group_name
 
+            group_name = "|" + group_name
+
             self[:] = new_nodes
 
             if attach_to_root: