update_dev_pkg: Perform update of development version of a package

In data.table: Extension of `data.frame`

Perform update of development version of a package

Description

Downloads and installs latest development version only when a new commit is available which has also passed all tests. Defaults are set to update data.table, other packages can be used as well. Their repository has to include git commit information in PACKAGES file.

Usage

update_dev_pkg(object="data.table",
       repo="https://Rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table",
       field="Revision", type=getOption("pkgType"), lib=NULL, ...)

Arguments

object	character scalar, package name.
repo	character scalar, url of package devel repository.
field	character scalar, metadata field to use in PACKAGES file and DESCRIPTION file, default "Revision".
type	character scalar, default getOption("pkgType"), used to define if package has to be installed from sources, binaries or both.
lib	character scalar, library location where package is meant to be upgraded.
...	passed to install.packages.

Details

In case if a devel repository does not provide binaries user will need development tools installed for package compilation, like Rtools on Windows, and eventually set type="source".

Value

NULL.

Note

Package namespace is unloaded before attempting to install newer version.

See Also

data.table

Examples

  if (FALSE) data.table::update_dev_pkg()

data.table documentation built on March 7, 2023, 6:16 p.m.