After you create a new object or change an existing object on your local workspace/solution, you can commit the object to the Git source control system so that other developers can reach it. Similar to how you add a workspace/solution to Git, you commit the object in two steps: 1) upload the object to the local repository; 2) push the object from the local repository to the server repository.
Note that if conflicts are detected, make sure you resolve the conflict before committing the object.
To commit an object to the Git source control system:
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Right-click the object (or the library that contains the object) in the System Tree and select Git Commit from the pop-up menu.
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In the commit dialog box that displays, input a comment and click OK to confirm committing the object.
PowerBuilder uploads the object to the repository on the local computer. After the object is uploaded successfully, the icon in front of the object will change from a plus sign (
) to a green dot (
), indicating that the object on the local
computer is in sync with the object on the local repository.
Note that if you have only
committed some (not all) of the objects, performing Refresh may
remove the uncommitted objects.
Now you can proceed to push the objects from the local repository to the server repository.
To push objects to the server repository, you can only push from the workspace/solution, as described in the next step.
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Right-click the workspace/solution in the System Tree and select Git Push from the pop-up menu.
PowerBuilder pushes the new or changed objects from the local repository to the server repository.
If conflicts are detected, you will be prompted in the output view and will have to resolve the conflict manually before you can push the object to the server repository. See the section called “Resolve conflicts” for details.
If you remove an object from your local workspace/solution, you use the same instructions as above to commit the change and remove the object from the Git source control server.
The output (including error and warning) of a variety of operations (Git Commit, Git Pull, Git Revert, and Refresh) displays in the Output window. Currently, lines in the Output window provide no links to open the object when you double-click on that line, and although the pop-up menu provides the options Edit and Edit Source, they will not open an object in a painter or the Source editor.
