---
title: Background Mode
category: repo settings
order: 40
---

## Background Mode

abapGit can pull or push in background mode. This setting has to be activated on the repository-level.

* Navigate to a repository, go to the repository settings and select "Background":

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* Here you can define the action that will be executed in background mode, by default the setting is "Do Nothing". 

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* To activate an automatic pull for a repository, select "Automatic pull". After saving, a background icon will appear next to the branch name

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* You can run the action immediately by clicking on "Run background logic". Note: this will execute the background logic for **ALL** repositories with background mode enabled.

### Overview 

* To get an overview of all repositories that have background mode enabled, navigate from the Repository List to "Settings" -> "Database Utility"

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* The relevant repositories will have the type "BACKGROUND".

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### Defining a Job

* To periodically run the background logic, you can define a job with transaction `SM36`.
* Create a step for program `ZABAPGIT` (or `ZABAPGIT_STANDALONE`, depending on which version of abapGit you are using). This will execute all defined background activities.
* You can check the log of the job with transaction `SM37`