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Git-Enabled Change and Transport System

With this feature, you can manage your ABAP development using Git repositories. The following functions were added or enhanced:

Technical Details

Type

Changed

Functional Localization

Not applicable

Scope Item

Not applicable

Application Component

BC-CTS-GIT

Available As Of

ABAP Platform 2020

Additional Details

The following changes were made in gCTS:
Function New/Changed More Information
Enable gCTS wizard to configure your ABAP system for gCTS. New
Health Check to check that the gCTS configuration is correct and complete. New
gCTS supports Customizing data. This includes the generic transport objects VDAT, and TDAT, and deletions of table entries (TABU). Previously, deletions of table entries were not supported.
Restrictions:
  • If you already used gCTS to work with Git repositories, you cannot migrate existing repositories to the new file format.
  • If you already have objects of type TABU in an existing Git repository, and you want to use the same repository for more customizing data, you can´t continue to use the repository. Instead, you must switch to a new repository of type GitHub that has the new JSON file format.
  • Objects of type CDAT are not supported.
 Changed
For repositories of type Github: Conflict resolution editor available to display and resolve merge conflicts. New
User-specific credentials store for ABAP backend user now available in gCTS Fiori app. You can use it to store user-specific authentication for the API endpoints of the Git servers where your remote repositories reside. New
gCTS steps for the integration of gCTS in Project "Piper" pipelines. New Integration of gCTS in CI Pipelines (new)
New JSON file format available. If you register new repositories on an ABAP system, the files of ABAP objects are stored in a JSON file format. Previously, they were stored in an XML format. You can see the file format on the Properties tab of a repository in the Layout section. Note that you cannot migrate existing repositories to the new file format. New Set the Repository Layout (new)
When you register a repository on your ABAP system, you can choose to set the repository type to GitHub. New
In addition to the topics previously mentioned, the documentation topics linked under More Informationare new:  
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