data.table (version 1.13.0)

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 as well. 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"), lib=NULL, …)

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.

lib

character scalar, library location where package is meant to be upgraded.

…

passed to install.packages.

Value

NULL.

Details

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".

See Also

data.table

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  # data.table::update.dev.pkg()
# }