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devtools (version 1.4.1)

Tools to make developing R code easier

Description

Collection of package development tools

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install.packages('devtools')

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Version

1.4.1

License

GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Hadley Wickham

Last Published

November 27th, 2013

Functions in devtools (1.4.1)

build_win

Build windows binary package.
build_github_devtools

Build the development version of devtools from GitHub.
check_dep_version

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

Test if an object is on the path.
install_git

Install a package from a git repository
bash

Open bash shell in package directory.
clean_source

Sources an R file in a clean environment.
as.package

Coerce input to a package.
check_doc

Check documentation, as R CMD check does.
dev_example

Run a examples for an in-development function.
dev_help

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

Convert a list of environments to an envlist object.
install_git_single

Install a single package from a git repository
eval_clean

Evaluate code in a clean R session.
git_path

Retrieve the current running path of the git binary.
has_tests

Was devtools installed with tests?
inst

Get the installation path of a package
install_local

Install a package from a local file
install_github

Attempts to install a package directly from github.
load_code

Load R code.
install_version

Install specified version of a CRAN package.
imports_env

Return imports environment for a package
install_bitbucket

Install a package directly from bitbucket
source_gist

Run a script on gist
run_pkg_hook

Run user and package hooks.
check

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

Clean built vignettes.
install_gitorious

Attempts to install a package directly from gitorious.
load_all

Load complete package.
create_description

Create a default DESCRIPTION file for a package.
parse_deps

Parse package dependency strings.
cran_env_vars

Cran environmental variables. The environment variables that are used CRAN when checking packages. These environment variables are from the R Internals document. The only difference from that document is that here, _R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_ is not set to TRUE because it is so slow.
reload

Unload and reload package.
test

Execute all test_that tests in a package.
check_cran

Check a package from CRAN.
compile_dll

Compile a .dll/.so from source.
pkg_env

Return package environment
find_rtools

Find rtools.
compiler_flags

Default compiler flags used by devtools.
install_deps

Install package dependencies
release

Release package to CRAN.
loaded_packages

Return a vector of names of attached packages
document

Use roxygen to make documentation.
ns_env

Return the namespace environment for a package.
revdep

Reverse dependency tools.
load_imports

Load all of the imports for a package
load_data

Load data.
parenvs

Given an environment or object, return an envlist of its parent environments.
missing_s3

Find missing s3 exports.
r_env_vars

Environment variables to set when calling R
dev_packages

Return a vector of names of packages loaded by devtools
devtest

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

Parses the NAMESPACE file for a package
wd

Set working directory.
dev_meta

Return devtools metadata environment
source_url

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

Load a compiled DLL
a

A number.
devtools

Package development tools for R.
unload

Unload a package
with_debug

Temporarily set debugging compilation flags.
with_something

Execute code in temporarily altered environment.
clean_dll

Remove compiled objects from /src/ directory
build_vignettes

Build package vignettes.
create

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

Build package.
install_url

Install a package from a url
is.package

Is the object a package?
print.envlist

Print an envlist
has_devel

Check if you have a development environment installed.
install

Install a local development package.
dev_mode

Activate and deactivate development mode.
run_examples

Run all examples in a package.
show_news

Show package news
path

Get/set the PATH variable.