Installation

Summary

abapGit exists in 2 flavours: standalone version or developer version.

• The standalone version is targeted at users. It consist of one (huge) program which contains all the needed code. You run the standalone version in transaction SE38, executing the program you created.
• The developer version is targeted at developers contributing to the abapGit codebase. It consists of all the ABAP programs/classes/interfaces/etc. of the abapGit project. You run the developer version with transaction ZABAPGIT. Only the developer version supports parallel processing, so it might be of interest to you even if you do not intend to contribute.

Prerequisites

abapGit requires SAP BASIS version 702 or higher.

For abapGit to work properly, the SAP GUI Browser Control must be set to Internet Explorer under SAP GUI Options > Interaction Design > HTML Control > Browser Control (see known issues with Chromium-based browser control)

Install Standalone Version

1. Download the ABAP code (right click -> save-as) to a file.
2. Via SE38, SE80, or ADT, create a new report named ZABAPGIT_STANDALONE (formerly ZABAPGIT_FULL). Note: Do not use the name ZABAPGIT if you plan to install the developer version.
3. In source code change mode, upload the code from the file using Utilities -> More Utilities -> Upload/Download -> Upload
4. Activate

Typically, abapGit will only be used in the development system, so it can be installed in a local $ package (e.g. $ZABAPGIT).

Now you can use abapGit by executing the report in transaction SE38.

Install Developer Version

In order to contribute to the abapGit project, you install the developer version. First, logon to your SAP system in English (language EN) and install the standalone version (see above).

Online (Recommended)

Prerequisite to using the online feature is that SSL must be setup. If your system is not connected to the Internet (e.g. behind a firewall) or doesn't allow proper SSL configuration, then you can use the offline scenario (see below).

1. Run the standalone version of abapGit
2. On the repository list page, select "New Online"
3. Enter https://github.com/abapGit/abapGit/ for the URL
4. Enter package name $ABAPGIT (or select an existing or create new package)
5. Select "Clone Online Repo"
6. Select "Pull"

Transaction ZABAPGIT is now available to run the developer version.

Offline

Download latest version of the abapGit developer version from https://github.com/abapGit/abapGit/. Select Code > Download ZIP and save the file locally.

1. Run the standalone version of abapGit
2. On the repository list page, select "New Offline"
3. Enter repo name abapGit and package name $ABAPGIT (or select an existing or create new package)
4. Select "Create Offline Repo"
5. Select "Import ^zip"
6. Select the abapGit-main.zip file
7. Select "Pull ^zip"

Transaction ZABAPGIT is now available to run the developer version.