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Copy in the example source

Step 3 of the IBM i reference-app setup. Your environment is built and its connection points at your own repository — but that repo is still empty. Here you copy the example source into it with a task, then detach the reference app.

This picks up after you've set up your repository and filled in the connection.

What you'll need​

  • Permission to run tasks and edit the environment. See Environments.
  • Your repository added and set as the connection's Build Repo, and the environment built (the two earlier steps).

Copy the example source into your repo​

Create a task in this environment and ask the agent to bring the source across, for example:

Copy the ibmi application directory (the RPG, CL, and DDS source members, the Profound UI htdocs files, and the codermake build rules) into my repository.

If your project uses a particular layout, tell the agent where to put it. Whatever you choose, note the destination — if the source lands in a subdirectory, set the connection's Build Directory to it (see step 2).

When the task finishes, review the diff and Approve. In the approve dialog you choose how the change lands — push to a branch, a new branch, or Create pull request (which you then merge). Once it's pushed, your repository contains the source.

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The agent only copies files into your repo, and nothing is pushed until you review and approve it — so you stay in control of exactly what lands in your repository.

Then Build → Build Now → Save and create a task to confirm it now compiles from your source.

Detach the reference-apps repo​

Once your repo builds on its own, coderflow-reference-apps isn't doing anything — the source was copied into your repo. On the Repositories tab, remove the reference repo, then Build → Build Now → Save. The environment now builds from your repo alone.

Back in the setup wizard, tick I've completed this step.

Next steps​

You now have the IBM i example source in your own repository and an environment that builds it. From here, create tasks to build out your real application — the agent works against your code, your standards, and your repo's history. To compile and run against the shared demo data, install the CFDEMO base library.