abapGit/docs/other-background-mode.md

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Background Mode	other	80

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

Activating Background Mode

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

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

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

• 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"

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

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