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devtools (version 1.11.1)

Tools to Make Developing R Packages Easier

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Collection of package development tools.

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Hadley Wickham

Last Published

April 21st, 2016

Functions in devtools (1.11.1)

devtools

Package development tools for R.
has_devel

Check if you have a development environment installed.
load_code

Load R code.
parse_ns_file

Parses the NAMESPACE file for a package
clean_source

Sources an R file in a clean environment.
install_bitbucket

Install a package directly from bitbucket
document

Use roxygen to document a package.
imports_env

Return imports environment for a package
install_github

Attempts to install a package directly from GitHub.
revdep_check_save_summary

Run R CMD check on all downstream dependencies.
install_version

Install specified version of a CRAN package.
package_file

Find file in a package.
release

Release package to CRAN.
use_build_ignore

Add a file to .Rbuildignore
source_url

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

Evaluate code in a clean R session.
create

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

Load data.
run_pkg_hook

Run user and package hooks.
use_package

Use specified package.
install_svn

Install a package from a SVN repository
clean_vignettes

Clean built vignettes.
devtest

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

Run all examples in a package.
dr_devtools

Diagnose potential devtools issues
dr_github

Diagnose potential GitHub issues
install_local

Install a package from a local file
has_tests

Was devtools installed with tests?
install_url

Install a package from a url
infrastructure

Add useful infrastructure to a package.
spell_check

Spell checking
parse_deps

Parse package dependency strings.
source_gist

Run a script on gist
use_readme_rmd

Create README files.
use_git_hook

Add a git hook.
find_topic

Find the rd file that documents a topic.
lint

Lint all source files in a package.
help

Drop-in replacements for help and ? functions
ns_env

Return the namespace environment for a package.
github_pat

Retrieve Github personal access token.
revdep_email

Experimental email notification system.
setup_rtools

Find rtools.
missing_s3

Find missing s3 exports.
system.file

Replacement version of system.file
check_man

Check documentation, as R CMD check does.
check_dep_version

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

Deprecated Functions
build_vignettes

Build package vignettes.
install_deps

Install package dependencies if needed.
with_debug

Temporarily set debugging compilation flags.
foofoo

Test function for help
bash

Open bash shell in package directory.
check_cran

Check a package from CRAN.
build

Build package.
dev_meta

Return devtools metadata environment
dev_help

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

Activate and deactivate development mode.
load_all

Load complete package.
pkg_env

Return package environment
a

A number.
uninstall

Uninstall a local development package.
use_news_md

Use NEWS.md
r_env_vars

Environment variables to set when calling R
system_check

Run a system command and check if it succeeds.
build_github_devtools

Build the development version of devtools from GitHub.
inst

Get the installation path of a package
show_news

Show package news
RCMD

Run R CMD xxx from within R
dev_packages

Return a vector of names of packages loaded by devtools
check_failures

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

Create a default DESCRIPTION file for a package.
is.package

Is the object a package?
release_checks

Custom devtools release checks.
install_git

Install a package from a git repository
on_path

Test if an object is on the path.
update_packages

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

Run a system command and capture the output.
reload

Unload and reload package.
use_data_raw

Use data-raw to compute package datasets.
loaded_packages

Return a vector of names of attached packages
test

Execute all test_that tests in a package.
use_github

Connect a local repo with GitHub.
check

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

Build windows binary package.
as.package

Coerce input to a package.
clean_dll

Remove compiled objects from /src/ directory
compiler_flags

Default compiler flags used by devtools.
compile_dll

Compile a .dll/.so from source.
dev_example

Run a examples for an in-development function.
github_pull

GitHub references
install

Install a local development package.
load_imports

Load all of the imports for a package
package_deps

Find all dependencies of a CRAN or dev package.
revdep

Reverse dependency tools.
session_info

Print session information
unload

Unload a package
load_dll

Load a compiled DLL
submit_cran

Submit a package to CRAN.
path

Get/set the PATH variable.
use_git

Initialise a git repository.
wd

Set working directory.
use_github_links

Add GitHub links to DESCRIPTION.
use_data

Use data in a package.