git: Git Utilities

In gitr: A Lightweight API for 'Git'

Git Utilities

Description

Provides functionality for system-level Git commands from within R.

Usage

git(..., echo_cmd = TRUE)

is_git()

git_version()

Arguments

...	Additional arguments passed to the system command-line ⁠git <command> [<args>]⁠ call.
echo_cmd	logical(1). Whether to print the command to run to the console. Can be over-ridden globally via option(gitr_echo_cmd = FALSE).

Value

git(): The system call ... invisibly.

is_git(): logical(1).

git_version(): character(1). The system version of git.

Functions

• git(): executes a git command line call from within R.

• is_git(): is current working directory a git repository?

• git_version(): gets the version of git in use.

Examples

## Not run: 
  git("status", "-s")

  git("reset", "--soft", "HEAD~1")

  git("tag", "-n")

  is_git()

  git_version()

## End(Not run)

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