github: GitHub Wrappers

In gert: Simple Git Client for R

GitHub Wrappers

Description

Fetch and checkout pull requests.

Usage

git_checkout_pull_request(pr = 1, remote = NULL, repo = ".")

git_fetch_pull_requests(pr = "*", remote = NULL, repo = ".")

Arguments

pr	number with PR to fetch or check out. Use "*" to fetch all pull requests.
remote	Optional. Name of a remote listed in git_remote_list(). If unspecified and the current branch is already tracking branch a remote branch, that remote is honored. Otherwise, defaults to origin.
repo	The path to the git repository. If the directory is not a repository, parent directories are considered (see git_find()). To disable this search, provide the filepath protected with I(). When using this parameter, always explicitly call by name (i.e. ⁠repo = ⁠) because future versions of gert may have additional parameters.

Details

By default git_fetch_pull_requests() will download all PR branches. To remove these again simply use git_fetch(prune = TRUE).

gert documentation built on July 22, 2026, 5:07 p.m.