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Dependency Based Build

Enhance GitUtilities class to add the ability to get author name and email information from Git for a given source file

This would allow us to leverage the information for other build related activities and/or reporting where we might need to notify the individual who last updated the file.
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Submitted

zBuilder step:copy to automatically detect files tagged as binary

zBuilder step:copy automatically evaluates the existing file tag if it's tagged as TEXT, such as IBM-1141, or IBM-278. However, if a file is managed as binary in git (for example it contains some non-roundtrip characters), and git will tag it bina...
22 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Expand zbuilder file lifecycle to accept comments in build list file

Today the file lifecycle in zBuilder requires a straight list. It does not allow comments, like in the below sample: # This file was generated on May 21# MortgageApplication/cobol/epsmlist.cbl Please allow comments to the build list file
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Automatic removal of USS user content uploaded by Dependency Base Build from IDz build process to avoid impact in further builds

We are starting to receive complaints from developers using IDz Dependency Base Build due to unexpected behaviors in their build processes. Those compains are related with the build process using different copybooks than the ones the developer con...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Planned for future release

Capture information in the build report why a program has been built

DBB zBuilder detects changed and impacted files - knowing if a program has been built because it was changed, or because it was impacted makes a difference for customers to plan their testing. The requirement includes: * Capturing the reason why a...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Need a way to prevent IDz from copying zAppBuild/Groovy user build configuration

It has been observed that during the copying of a program from one project/Git repository to another in IDz, the associated zAppBuild/Groovy user build configuration is also transferred (HLQ, Build groovy script, application,...). The customer sug...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Future consideration

User Build - Automatically upload additional dependent files when changed

For VS Code it is possible to define additionalDependencies necessary to execute an User Build in zapp.yaml. The defined files / directories are uploaded to the z/OS-workspace while running "Setup for IBM User Build". Generally the user build conf...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Future consideration

IBM z-open editor extension on Visual Studio Code support for C/C++

Some users still use C/C++ in their shop. Adding C/C++ support in the IBM z-open editor extension will benefit with DBB.
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build / VSCODE Future consideration

Allow user builds to run inside a container

With the introduction of native container images for z/OS (z/OS Container Platform) it only makes sense to package Java, DBB and the build scripts (zAppBuild or self-written) into an image to use it across different builds. Today, IDz supports sta...
12 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Not under consideration

Introduce new extension, .spcbl, and potentially a new boolean variable. ${IS_SP}, to be used in DBB and other DevOps products for Cobol Stored Procedures.

Currently there is no easy way to determine if a Cobol program is a Cobol Batch program or a Cobol Stored Procedure. Since they have different compiler options, it is important to be able to indicate to DBB and other DevOps tools which one - Cobol...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Not under consideration

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