update.dev.pkg: Perform update of development version of a package
Description
It will download and install package from devel repository only when new commit is
available there, otherwise only PACKAGES file is transferred. Defaults are set to update data.table
, other
packages can be used. Their repository has to include git commit
information in PACKAGES file.
Usage
# S3 method for dev.pkg
update(object="data.table",
repo="https://Rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table", field="Revision",
type=getOption("pkgType"), …)
Arguments
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 "Revision"
.
type
character scalar, default getOption("pkgType")
, used
to define if package has to be installed from sources, binaries or both.
Details
In case if devel repository does not provide package binaries user has
have development tools installed for package compilation to use
this function.