Re: Basic source control for RPGLE/CLLE/DDS

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul

Have you joined the new open-source LinkedIn group yet? Take a look at 
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8531863

Also, there is an open-source list here at Midrange, I believe.

And IBM has added Git as an option of the 5733-OPS licensed program - it 
is probably not available for 6.1, which is out support (is that the 
term?) now.

Regards
Vern

On 7/12/2016 7:39 AM, Paul Bailey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had any success converting a set of source files in libraries on
> an IBM i to a source controlled environment using Git?
>
> If so:
> - How did you create the default repository at the start?
> - How do you compile the objects on the i? (I understand DDS might be a
> problem unless the source member is copied back to the i)
> - The source shouldn't be hanging around on the i after compile, so do we
> need to clean up source files after every compile?
> - When we need to debug the objects on the i, how does the debugger find
> the source?
>
> I have os v6.1 and RDi v9.5.x at my disposal, possibly upgrading the os to
> v7.1 in the "near future". We currently have all our Git repos on network
> storage and (unless otherwise warned) I intend to do the same with this.
>
> We are also looking at commercial products to do all this for us, so any
> vendor suggestions could be useful (I already know about Softlanding,
> ARCAD, MKS, Rational Team Concert and Aldon), but cost is a major obstacle
> for this and most of the additional features are not wanted.
>
>
> -Paul.