Tool Aims To Streamline Git Integration For Old School IBM i Devs

August 18, 2025 Alex Woodie

There’s one school of thought that says IBM i developers should embrace the DevOps revolution and start using mainstream tools like Git and Jira for managing and deploying code. But there’s also a pool of old school programmers who are reluctant to give up their established ways and means. Richard Schoen hopes to bring these worlds together with an update to the iForGit tool from his company MobiGoGo’s that streamlines Git integration for old school IBM i devs who still use PDM and SEU.

Schoen launched his iForGit tool about seven years ago to provide some degree of Git integration …