Control Lab¶

Introduction¶

DevOps Control is part of DevOps Loop, a platform for software development. DevOps Control provides Git hosting, code review, and team collaboration. It is similar to GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab. DevOps Control is based on the open-source Gitea project.

To learn more about DevOps Control please have a look at the documentation.

How to switch to Control from Home Page¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
	You can always switch using the central app switcher on the top left of your screen
	Or You can switch directly to Control by using the button/link from What would you like to do today section

Managing Repositories and Organizations¶

The home page for Control is the Repositories and Organizations view. In this view you will get a list of all your repositories and organizations.

Step	Details	Additional Information
	The first time you use Control with no "Learning data" used, an empty list is shown
	If you have checked the "Learning Data" during Loop creation then the repo will be shown
	By clicking on the Home Button all activities will be shown
	click on the Pull request Icon to view all pull requests
	Click on the List all Repositories Icon to see all Repositories you can get access to

Create a new Repository¶

Create New Repository¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
	To create a fresh new repository or migrate an existing repository to Control, use the NEW button to proceed

Fork a repository¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
	Select the source repository in Control, in this example we will fork this repository
	In the repository click the Fork button on the top right left
	Use the preprovided information and proceed by clicking "Fork ..."
	Forked repository is shown

Migrate a repository¶

Access Token¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
	For external access to the repositories you need to provide an Access Token
	to create a new token, click on your User Profile and select Settings
	In the Settings view click on Access Tokens then enter a Token name to identify its purpose
	Click on Select Permissions to set the access rights, select All to cover all repositories
	You can set any permission setting as you need it. Please be aware to limit the access tough to prevent security issues
	Example: Set Repository to Read and Write and Set User to Read
	These settigs are the minimal needed to provide access to work with your repository through external tools
	Press Generate Token
	Do not to forget to Copy and Paste the token!

Explore Control¶

Open Repo with Code¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Open the Echologic repository which has been created with the learning data
2	Click on CODE Button to get an expanded Menue.
3	Click on Open with Code
4	A new dialog appears to select the right Dev Container for cloning the repository
4.1	Scroll down to see more entries
4.2	use the default values for branch main and target folder git
4.3	If you want to use Watson Code Assistant then select the WatsonX Dev Container, else use Starter
5	Press the Clone Button to proceed
6	it takes a few seconds till your environment is setup and running, please be patient
7	Code and a git clone success message is shown

Show Activity Report¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
	Show the Update in the activity report of the repository

Show Git Commit Details¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
	Show the Git Commit Details