makeSource: Create a PkgSource object for a package

In switchr: Installing, Managing, and Switching Between Distinct Sets of Installed Packages

Create a PkgSource object for a package

Description

Create a PkgSource object for a package

Usage

makeSource(
  url,
  type,
  user,
  password,
  scm_auth = list(),
  prefer_svn = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

url	The url of the package sources
type	The source type.
user	A function which, when called, returns the username to use when when checking the soources out
password	A function which returns the password to use when checking out the sources
scm_auth	A list of username-password pairs, named with regular expressions to match against url when constructing the defaults for user and password
prefer_svn	Currently unused.
...	Passed directly to constructors for PkgSource superclasses

Value

an object inheriting from PkgSource for the specified location of a package's source code.

switchr documentation built on March 31, 2023, 5:13 p.m.