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PH66401: DB2 DEVOPS EXPERIENCE COMMIT MESSAGES HAVE WRONG ENCODING

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • In some versions of GIT commit messages for UMS/Devops
Experience are being created with the wrong data encoding. The
messages are being generated in EBCDIC whereas git works in
ascii/utf8, and so the messages appear as garbage

Local fix

  • N/A

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
* USERS AFFECTED: Users of IBM DB2 DevOps Experience for z/OS  *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In DevOps, refine commit messages       *
*                       which are garbled.                     *
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In DevOps, refine commit messages which are garbled.

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    PH66401
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  • Reported component name
    DB2 DEVOPS EXPR
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  • Reported component ID
    5698DEX00
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  • Reported release
    120
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  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
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  • Submitted date
    2025-05-05
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  • Closed date
    2025-06-25
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  • Last modified date
    2025-07-02
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Modules/Macros


    

  • DOEOPPAX DOEVRPAX

    



Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    DB2 DEVOPS EXPR
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  • Fixed component ID
    5698DEX00
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Applicable component levels


    

  • R130  PSY  UO03793
       UP25/06/28  P  F506
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            Modified date:
            

            02 July 2025
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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