{"thread":{"id":"41320","subject":"SV: Using Git for Cobol source","startedAt":"2016-02-03T09:19:33Z","lastAt":"2016-02-03T13:30:58Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["johnsen","Randall S. Becker"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"277312","messageId":"15b48134f6734b19a779269cf54d7c1c@ERFWEXM01.ERF01.NET","threadId":"41320","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"SV: Using Git for Cobol source","fromName":"","fromEmail":"johnsen","sentAt":"2016-02-03T09:19:33Z","receivedAt":"2016-02-03T09:19:33Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johnsen","avatar":null},"body":"Hi\n\nI wonder if it is ok to use Git for source control for Cobol programs and take advantage of parallel development ?\n\nToday we are using VSS and needs to be replaced. Our Cobol development is done by an Eclipse tool (Micro Focus Enterprise Developer)\n\nRegards\n_______________________________________________\n\nPer Jørgen Johnsen | Technical Coordinator\n\nDNB Bank ASA\nNorway\n________________________________\n This email with attachments may be confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The email may contain legally protected information. If you have received this communication in error, be aware that making use of the information, forwarding it, copying it, or disclosing its content to other persons, is strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law. Please inform the sender about the error in transmission immediately.\n________________________________\n"},{"id":"277336","messageId":"003801d15e87$1e160310$5a420930$@nexbridge.com","threadId":"41320","inReplyTo":"15b48134f6734b19a779269cf54d7c1c@ERFWEXM01.ERF01.NET","subject":"RE: Using Git for Cobol source","fromName":"Randall S. Becker","fromEmail":"rsbecker@nexbridge.com","sentAt":"2016-02-03T13:30:58Z","receivedAt":"2016-02-03T13:30:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"randall.becker@nexbridge.ca","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28956764?v=4"},"body":"On February 3, 2016 4:20 AM, Per Jørgen Johnsen wrote:\n> Subject: SV: Using Git for Cobol source\n> I wonder if it is ok to use Git for source control for Cobol programs and\ntake\n> advantage of parallel development ?\n> \n> Today we are using VSS and needs to be replaced. Our Cobol development is\n> done by an Eclipse tool (Micro Focus Enterprise Developer)\n\nCOBOL should be no problem for git. The one caution I would have for you is\nthat if you happen to be using fixed-format mode with column-based sequence\nnumbers (that would be really old COBOL 74 mode), the sequence numbers may\ngive false positives on diff results. If you have those, lose them. This\nwould apply to VSS also, so you're probably not using those anyway.\n\nIf you are functional in VSS for COBOL, you should be fine. Your challenge\nwill be migrating history, which is possible, but will involve some effort.\n\nRegards,\nRandall\n\n-- Brief whoami: NonStop&UNIX developer since approximately\nUNIX(421664400)/NonStop(211288444200000000)\n-- In my real life, I talk too much.\n"}]}