How to use git in SAS Studio 9.4 with a version previous to M6

[cbo]

Hi !

I am having a hard time helping  someone use git from SAS Studio 9.4 . For the context I am a beginner using SAS 9.4 and I have used git from the command line and other graphic tools.

The symptoms are :

* getting back on a versionned projet the operation "push" (or "send") is not possible with no explanation logs.

* the "commit" (or "validate") operation was done correctly and is versionned in the history

What we tried (me from a dummy project and the client from his project) :

* use command line from SAS Studio --> KO with the following codes

```

data _null_;
n = git_status("/user/CMB/gs120/test_git");
put n=;
run;

X git --version ;

CALL SYSTEM ('git --version');
%SYSEXEC ls

data _null_;
call system ('ls');
run;

```

* Use the equivalent a `git status` --> KO since I suppose we do note have SAS 6th update (9.4 M6)
```

data _null_; 
    n = git_status("Your-Repository"); 
    put n=; 
run; 

```

* try to set up a new clean remote and push our changes there --> for now KO for a copy all files to the empty cloned folder

Conclusion : it appears we can't find clue of what is happening in the local repository. So a solution could be to copy every file manually to a new clean repository... or are we missing something ?
Moreover, it seems we can't edit other files than .sas files. Does someone have a way to edit README, .gitlab-ci, etc... files in SAS Studio please ?

Thanks in advance for any help !

[cbo · Accepted solution]

Finally an answer was :

1) to create a new clean remote initiated with a Readme (important point).

2) clone this new repository in SAS Studio.

3) copy all the files needed to this repos, commit then push.