README.md

In metrumresearchgroup/vcs: Managing, Inspecting and Sourcing Remote Repositories on a Version Control System

vcs

vcs is a R package that allows users to gain control over their remote repositories on a version control system from within R.

Installation

devtools::install_github('metrumresearchgroup/vcs')

Command Line Utilities

Functionalities that do not need a clone

• grepr: run recursive grep directly on local paths and remote branches
• gsubr: run recursive gsub directly on local paths
• list_repos: list repositories of a user in a version control repository
• ls_remote: list files on remote branches on a version control repository
• setwd_remote: replace inline script from local path to remote path
• source_remote: source script on remote branches, works for reading in data on remote and nested sourcing

Functionalities that clone or update a cloned repository

• diff_head: query the difference in files between current fetch and the HEAD of a repository
• sparse_checkout: create a sparse checkout of a repository on github/bitbucket/svn
• update_depth: if the git repository was checked out with a depth setting, use this function to update or cancel the depth setting

metrumresearchgroup/vcs documentation built on July 16, 2020, 8:52 p.m.