update_dev_pkg {data.table} | R Documentation |
Downloads and installs latest development version only when a new commit is available which has also passed all tests. Defaults are set to update data.table
, other packages can be used as well. Their repository has to include git commit information in PACKAGES file.
update_dev_pkg(object="data.table",
repo="https://Rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table",
field="Revision", type=getOption("pkgType"), lib=NULL, ...)
object |
character scalar, package name. |
repo |
character scalar, url of package devel repository. |
field |
character scalar, metadata field to use in PACKAGES file and
DESCRIPTION file, default |
type |
character scalar, default |
lib |
character scalar, library location where package is meant to be upgraded. |
... |
passed to |
In case if a devel repository does not provide binaries user will need development tools installed for package compilation, like Rtools on Windows, and eventually set type="source"
.
NULL.
Package namespace is unloaded before attempting to install newer version.
if (FALSE) data.table::update_dev_pkg()