Install packages from GitHub

installGitHub(repo, release = "latest", reinstall = TRUE)

Arguments

repo	`character`. Repository address(es) in the format `owner/repo`.
release	`character`. Release version tag. Defaults to latest version available. Specific release must match the tag on GitHub (e.g. "v1.0.0").
reinstall	`logical(1)`. Force reinstallation of any existing packages.

Value

Invisible character. Repository address defined in repo argument.

Details

This variant doesn't require GITHUB_PAT. If you have a GITHUB_PAT defined, can use install() directly instead. Intended for use inside container images, where a PAT may not be used.

Note

Updated 2020-10-06.

GitHub API

All releases JSON: https://api.github.com/repos/:owner/:repo/releases
Latest release JSON: https://api.github.com/repos/:owner/:repo/releases/latest
Specific release JSON (requires numeric release ID, not tag name): https://api.github.com/repos/:owner/:repo/releases/:release_id
Specific tagged release tarball: https://github.com/:owner/:repo/archive/:tag.tar.gz

Examples

## Install latest release, if necessary.
## > installGitHub(
## >     repo = c(
## >         "acidgenomics/goalie",
## >         "acidgenomics/syntactic"
## >     ),
## >     release = "latest",
## >     reinstall = FALSE
## > )

## Force reinstallation of specific versions.
## > installGitHub(
## >     repo = c(
## >         "acidgenomics/goalie",
## >         "acidgenomics/syntactic"
## >     ),
## >     release = c(
## >         "v0.4.8",
## >         "v0.4.2"
## >     ),
## >     reinstall = TRUE
## > )