Re: Basic source control for RPGLE/CLLE/DDS

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.