Setting up a Git repo for Profound.js Modules on IBM i
Maintaining versions of your code is important in a modern development environment. Git can be installed via a PTF: 5733OPS, option 6.
This guide will show you two methods of development with Git:
All development is done from the IBM i - single repository over the Profound.js modules folder (non-bare) where developers make individual commits from the same folder.
All development is done locally and changes are pulled into the IBM i - remote repository hosted on cloud/local-network server where developers develop on their local machines and make commits to the remote repository. Some cloud services provide private repositories.
Option 1 - Develop on the IBM i
This option is the easiest to setup. Via pase:
Change your current directory to your Profound.js modules folder (or one of the subfolders):
cd /profoundjs/modules
Create the non-bare Git repository:
git init
If there are existing files in the folder
Index and stage all the existing files:
git add --all
Commit the staged files to the repository:
git commit -m "YOUR MESSAGE HERE"
When people are creating, deleting or modifying files, each individual should make commits to the files they change.
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Option 2 - Develop Locally with a Cloud Repository
This option is best for distributed development. First, you will want to setup either a local-network repository or use a cloud hosting service such as GitHub or BitBucket.
Create a repository on your local-network or on a cloud service
Install Profound.js on your local machine
Clone your repo within your Profound.js installed on your local machine, with a final parameter of 'modules - which tells the clone to 'clone' into the modules folder:
git clone
https://github.com/user/myproductmodules.gitmodules
Run through Step 1 and Step 2 in the Profound.js Debugging with VS Code guide to run code locally
Make commits back to the repo as normal.
Note: I found that adding "modules" on the git clone command is problematic. Instead first change directory into the modules folder and then run the clone command git clone
https://github.com/user/myproductmodules.git
This wlll create the git repository in a sub-folder within modules.
Pulling the changes onto your IBM i
Clone your repo within your Profound.js installed on your IBM i, with a final parameter of 'modules - which tells the clone to 'clone' into the modules folder:
git clone
https://github.com/user/myproductmodules.gitmodules
Use
git pull
every time you'd like to pull new commits down to your IBM i.