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devtools (version 1.1)

Tools to make developing R code easier

Description

Collection of package development tools

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install.packages('devtools')

Monthly Downloads

270,955

Version

1.1

License

GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Hadley Wickham

Last Published

February 9th, 2013

Functions in devtools (1.1)

check_doc

Check documentation, as R CMD check does.
document

Use roxygen to make documentation.
bash

Open bash shell in package directory.
install_github

Attempts to install a package directly from github.
parenvs

Given an environment or object, return an envlist of its parent environments.
with_something

Execute code in temporarily altered environment.
clean_vignettes

Clean built vignettes.
show_rd

Show an Rd file in a package.
package_deps

Find all dependencies of a CRAN or dev package.
compiler_flags

Default compiler flags used by devtools.
pkg_env

Return package environment
setup_rtools

Find rtools.
source_url

Run a script through some protocols such as http, https, ftp, etc.
use_package

Use specified package.
use_git_hook

Add a git hook.
as.package

Coerce input to a package.
check_failures

Parses R CMD check log file for ERRORs, WARNINGs and NOTEs
build_win

Build windows binary package.
in_dir

Deprecated Functions
create_description

Create a default DESCRIPTION file for a package.
imports_env

Return imports environment for a package
parse_deps

Parse package dependency strings.
reload

Unload and reload package.
test

Execute all test_that tests in a package.
use_git

Initialise a git repository.
use_build_ignore

Add a file to .Rbuildignore
RCMD

Run R CMD xxx from within R
dev_help

Read the in-development help for a package loaded with devtools.
install_deps

Install package dependencies if needed.
lint

Lint all source files in a package.
system_check

Run a system command and check if it succeeds.
system_output

Run a system command and capture the output.
use_news_md

Use NEWS.md
clean_dll

Remove compiled objects from /src/ directory
compile_dll

Compile a .dll/.so from source
dev_meta

Return devtools metadata environment
load_imports

Load all of the imports for a package
parse_collate

Parse collate string into vector of function names.
inst

Get the installation path of a package
run_examples

Run all examples in a package.
path

Get/set the PATH variable.
install_version

Install specified version of a CRAN package.
load_pkg_description

Load package DESCRIPTION into convenient form.
source_gist

Run a script on gist
devtest

Return the path to one of the packages in the devtools test dir
use_coveralls

Deprecated Functions
revdep

Reverese dependency tools.
run_onattach

Run .onAttach if needed
github_pull

GitHub references
install_bitbucket

Install a package directly from bitbucket
show_news

Show package news
ns_env

Return the namespace environment for a package.
build

Build package.
run_onload

Run .onLoad if needed
build_github_devtools

Build the development version of devtools from GitHub.
check_man

Check documentation, as R CMD check does.
install_url

Install a package from a url
load_data

Load data.
create

Creates a new package, following all devtools package conventions.
parse_ns_file

Parses the NAMESPACE file for a package
session_info

Print session information
package_file

Find file in a package.
help

Drop-in replacements for help and ? functions
devtools

Package development tools for R.
install_svn

Install a package from a SVN repository
has_tests

Was devtools installed with tests?
missing_s3

Find missing s3 exports.
wd

Set working directory.
check_cran

Check a package from CRAN.
dev_example

Run a examples for an in-development function.
update_packages

Update packages that are missing or out-of-date.
install_local

Install a package from a local file
find_topic

Find the rd file that documents a topic.
revdep_check_save_summary

Run R CMD check on all downstream dependencies.
dr_github

Diagnose potential GitHub issues
unload

Unload a package
foofoo

Test function for help
install

Install a local development package.
infrastructure

Add useful infrastructure to a package.
dev_mode

Activate and deactivate development mode.
github_pat

Retrieve Github personal access token.
dev_packages

Return a vector of names of packages loaded by devtools
install_git

Install a package from a git repository
dr_devtools

Diagnose potential devtools issues
load_dll

Load a compiled DLL
has_devel

Check if you have a development environment installed.
loaded_packages

Return a vector of names of attached packages
system.file

Replacement version of system.file
on_path

Test if an object is on the path.
md5

Generate checksums for a vector of file paths.
a

A number.
load_all

Load complete package.
with_debug

Temporarily set debugging compilation flags.
uninstall

Uninstall a local development package.
submit_cran

Submit a package to CRAN.
revdep_email

Experimental email notification system.
build_vignettes

Build package vignettes.
use_data

Use data in a package.
is.package

Is the object a package?
load_code

Load R code.
r_env_vars

Environment variables to set when calling R
run_pkg_hook

Run user and package hooks.
check

Build and check a package, cleaning up automatically on success.
use_readme_rmd

Use README.Rmd
use_data_raw

Use data-raw to compute package datasets.
use_github_links

Add GitHub links to DESCRIPTION.
release_checks

Custom devtools release checks.
clear_cache

Clear file cache.
install_git_single

Install a single package from a git repository
check_dep_version

Check that the version of an imported package satisfies the requirements
clean_source

Sources an R file in a clean environment.
spell_check

Spell checking
release

Release package to CRAN.
git_path

Retrieve the current running path of the git binary.
print.envlist

Print an envlist
as.envlist

Convert a list of environments to an envlist object.
find_code

Find all R files in given directory.
install_gitorious

Attempts to install a package directly from gitorious.
find_rtools

Find rtools.
eval_clean

Evaluate code in a clean R session.
use_github

Connect a local repo with GitHub.
changed_files

Given vector of paths, return only those paths that have changed since the last invocation.
revdep_check_save_logs

Run R CMD check on all downstream dependencies.