abapGit/docs/guide-import-zip.md

title	category	order
Import zip	offline projects	10

Download zip archive

An offline project is based on a zip archive that contains all the git files.

First, download the latest version of the project you want to import.

• For GitHub :
  1. Go to the project main page (e.g. https://github.com/larshp/abapOpenChecks)
  2. Select Code > Download ZIP
  3. Save file

Import zip archive

1. Connect to SAP in language EN
2. Run abapGit:

• If you have installed the standalone version : in transaction SE38, run the program you created (ZABAPGIT_STANDALONE or ZABAPGIT_FULL or other)
• If you have installed the developer version : run transaction ZABAPGIT

3. Select New Offline
4. Enter the project name and select an existing package or create a new package
5. Select Import ^zip
6. Select the zip archive file (eg. abapGit-master.zip)
7. Select Pull ^zip
8. Activate

Hints

abapGit can only import files with LF as line-terminator. If you clone a project on windows with git cli to pack into a zip-archive later on, configure git not replace LF by CRLF:

git config [--global, --local, --system] core.autocrlf false