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
- Download the ABAP code (right click -> save-as) to a file.
- Via
SE38
,SE80
, or ADT, create a new report namedZABAPGIT_STANDALONE
(formerlyZABAPGIT_FULL
). Note: Do not use the nameZABAPGIT
if you plan to install the developer version. - In source code change mode, upload the code from the file using Utilities -> More Utilities -> Upload/Download -> Upload
- 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).
- Run the standalone version of abapGit
- On the repository list page, select "New Online"
- Enter
https://github.com/abapGit/abapGit/
for the URL - Enter package name
$ABAPGIT
(or select an existing or create new package) - Select "Clone Online Repo"
- 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.

- Run the standalone version of abapGit
- On the repository list page, select "New Offline"
- Enter repo name
abapGit
and package name$ABAPGIT
(or select an existing or create new package) - Select "Create Offline Repo"
- Select "Import zip"
- Select the abapGit-main.zip file
- Select "Pull zip"
Transaction ZABAPGIT
is now available to run the developer version.