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devtools (version 1.7.0)

Tools to Make Developing R Packages Easier

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Collection of package development tools.

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Maintainer

Hadley Wickham

Last Published

January 17th, 2015

Functions in devtools (1.7.0)

dev_mode

Activate and deactivate development mode.
check

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

Return package environment
with_debug

Temporarily set debugging compilation flags.
devtools

Package development tools for R.
test

Execute all test_that tests in a package.
github_pull

GitHub references
is.package

Is the object a package?
install_github

Attempts to install a package directly from github.
load_imports

Load all of the imports for a package
revdep_check_save_logs

Run R CMD check on all downstream dependencies.
clean_dll

Remove compiled objects from /src/ directory
devtest

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

Add useful infrastructure to a package.
use_data

Use data in a package.
lint

Lint all source files in a package.
use_git_hook

Add a git hook.
use_build_ignore

Add a file to .Rbuildignore
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.
check_cran

Check a package from CRAN.
check_dep_version

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

Find rtools.
dev_help

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

Retrieve Github personal access token.
install_gitorious

Attempts to install a package directly from gitorious.
install_svn

Install a package from a SVN repository
unload

Unload a package
build_win

Build windows binary package.
build_github_devtools

Build the development version of devtools from GitHub.
parse_ns_file

Parses the NAMESPACE file for a package
install_url

Install a package from a url
source_gist

Run a script on gist
install_local

Install a package from a local file
as.package

Coerce input to a package.
use_readme_rmd

Use README.Rmd
a

A number.
bash

Open bash shell in package directory.
build_vignettes

Build package vignettes.
dev_packages

Return a vector of names of packages loaded by devtools
compile_dll

Compile a .dll/.so from source.
parse_deps

Parse package dependency strings.
create_description

Create a default DESCRIPTION file for a package.
load_all

Load complete package.
show_news

Show package news
dev_example

Run a examples for an in-development function.
dev_meta

Return devtools metadata environment
has_devel

Check if you have a development environment installed.
release_checks

Custom devtools release checks.
loaded_packages

Return a vector of names of attached packages
install_bitbucket

Install a package directly from bitbucket
install_deps

Install package dependencies
reload

Unload and reload package.
compiler_flags

Default compiler flags used by devtools.
ns_env

Return the namespace environment for a package.
clean_source

Sources an R file in a clean environment.
missing_s3

Find missing s3 exports.
find_topic

Find the rd file that documents a topic.
imports_env

Return imports environment for a package
eval_clean

Evaluate code in a clean R session.
build

Build package.
inst

Get the installation path of a package
load_data

Load data.
release

Release package to CRAN.
revdep

Reverse dependency tools.
has_tests

Was devtools installed with tests?
install

Install a local development package.
session_info

Print session information
install_version

Install specified version of a CRAN package.
document

Use roxygen to document a package.
use_package

Use specified package.
use_data_raw

Use data-raw to compute package datasets.
system.file

Replacement version of system.file
run_examples

Run all examples in a package.
clean_vignettes

Clean built vignettes.
load_dll

Load a compiled DLL
create

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

Environment variables to set when calling R
check_doc

Check documentation, as R CMD check does.
install_git

Install a package from a git repository
load_code

Load R code.
help

Drop-in replacements for help and ? functions
on_path

Test if an object is on the path.
path

Get/set the PATH variable.
foofoo

Test function for help
source_url

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

Execute code in temporarily altered environment.
wd

Set working directory.
run_pkg_hook

Run user and package hooks.
submit_cran

Submit a package to CRAN.