Perform update of development version of a package
update_dev_pkg.RdDownloads and installs latest development version, only when a new commit is available. Defaults are set to update data.table, other packages can be used as well. Repository of a package has to include git commit SHA information in PACKAGES file.
Usage
update_dev_pkg(pkg="data.table",
repo="https://Rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table",
field="Revision", type=getOption("pkgType"), lib=NULL, ...)Arguments
- pkg
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
"Revision".- type
character scalar, default
getOption("pkgType"), used to define if package has to be installed from sources, binaries or both.- lib
character scalar, library location where package is meant to be upgraded.
- ...
passed to
install.packages.
Details
In case if a devel repository does not provide binaries user will need development tools installed for package compilation, like Rtools on Windows, or alternatively eventually set type="source".
data.table repositories
By default the function uses our GitLab-hosted R repository at https://Rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table. This repository is updated nightly. It runs multiple test jobs (on top of GitHub tests jobs run upstream) and publish the package (sources and binaries), even if GitLab test jobs are failing. Status of GitLab test jobs can be checked at Package Check Results.
We also publish bleeding edge version of the package on GitHub-hosted R repository at https://Rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table (just minor change in url from lab to hub). GitHub version should be considered less stable than GitLab one. It publishes only package sources.
There are also other repositories maintained by R community, for example https://rdatatable.r-universe.dev. Those can be used as well, but as they are unlikely to provide git commit SHA, the function will install the package even if latest version is already installed.