install.GitHub: Downloads and installs GitHub for windows

In installr: Using R to Install Stuff on Windows OS (Such As: R, 'Rtools', 'RStudio', 'Git', and More!)

Downloads and installs GitHub for windows

Description

Allows the user to downloads and install the latest version of GitHub for Windows.

Usage

install.GitHub(
  URL = "http://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHubSetup.exe",
  ...
)

Arguments

URL	the URL of the GitHub download page.
...	extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Details

"The easiest way to use Git on Windows." (at least so they say...)

Value

TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.

References

• GitHub homepage: https://github.com/

• GitHub for windows download page: https://desktop.github.com/

Examples

## Not run: 
install.GitHub() # installs the latest version of GitHub for windows

## End(Not run)

installr documentation built on Nov. 13, 2022, 1:06 a.m.