Git on IBMi

Gajender Tyagi — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 05:18:05 +0000

Simple guide for getting git on powerSystem

What is git ?

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. The Git feature that really makes it stand apart from nearly every other SCM out there is its branching model. Git link: https://git-scm.com/

Git runs in PASE in powersystem and it can be used for version control by keeping sources in IFS.

How to setup git on you machine.

You need yum package manager first.
- Easiest step
- Details here
CALL QP2TERM on your 5250 command line. This will open a shell.
Run the following commands to set path

    PATH=/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin:$PATH && export PATH

Basic yum command click here
For git use this

     yum install git

Now Git is installed on your system

Get started with Git on IBMi

Actually Git runs in PASE environment in IBMi on powerSystem so you need to work with IFS files to use git.

Steps to git

call qp2term
pwdto check present working directory
if you dont want to use the pwd for git use **cd /path/to/direcory
mkdir gitrepo IFS is case sensitive
cd gitrepo
git init - initialize cd as git repo
touch mypgm.rpgle creates a new file mypgm.rpgle
Make some changes in mypgm.rpgle and save those changes.
git add mypgm.rpgle - add mypgm.rpgle to staging area(where changes will be tracked)
git commit -m "my comments for code changes " - moves mypgm.rpgle to repository.