I have been playing with it for a long time as well, and just can't find the right formula. I believe this is mostly due to the inflexibility of iProjects, or the fact that a single iProject is tied to a single library, and all sources are tied to source physical files within that library. RSE does the library/object thing so much better than iProject that I stopped using iProjects. Unfortunately RSE does not do IFS as well as I would hope. Everything is in the RSE tree, and while I can create a filter that contains the root of an application, It is different from a project. Maybe they could just extend Project, and add the Compile and other IBM i specific things to it. A general project will open the LPEX editor for an rpgle file, and you have access to all the team stuff installed on eclipse. You just can't compile it, or I was not able to find the secret sauce to make it do so. I will take this over to the wdsci-l list.
Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 02/05/2016 11:43AM
Subject: Re: New RFE for your perusal
On 2/5/2016 10:32 AM, Aaron Bartell wrote:
Actually, I was talking about Git not knowing anything of IBM i objects.
It wasn't designed to, so of course it doesn't.
Like saying a table saw is poor at pounding in nails... pounding nails is
not a feature of a table saw.
Saying the right thing is hard. I envy you authors (in the good way)!
I was trying to caution readers that Git is not Free IBM i Change
Management.
I've been playing with Git + iProjects + make for some time. In terms
of workflow, that combination has made my life more difficult due
specifically to the lack of integration. Neither Git nor make are
IBM-aware, and iProjects is just odd enough that it's not easy for me -
a decades-long RDi user - to jump in and get things done.
Git has added manual steps to my workflow. Git adds value in the
ability to drop back to earlier versions of the source. When I weigh
the value against the level of effort required to obtain that value, I
personally see marginal usefulness.
I don't find Git a slam dunk.
Git + make is a non-starter for me compared to Git + a home grown
'promote to production' command. The value added by make is overwhelmed
by the manual effort required to write the .mak files.
Other people will weigh the same factors and come to a different
conclusion. I'm OK with that because I'm probably not doing it
optimally. I look forward to a 'Cheap CM For RPG Dummies' workflow
article or wiki page. Because I'll almost certainly learn something.
midrange.com
