## Initialize a temporary repository
path <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path)
repo <- init(path)
## Create a user and commit a file
config(repo, user.name="Alice", user.email="alice@example.org")
writeLines("Hello world!", file.path(path, "example.txt"))
add(repo, "example.txt")
commit_1 <- commit(repo, "First commit message")
## Create a branch
branch_1 <- branch_create(commit_1, name = "test-branch")
## Add one more commit
writeLines(c("Hello world!", "HELLO WORLD!"), file.path(path, "example.txt"))
add(repo, "example.txt")
commit_2 <- commit(repo, "Another commit message")
## Create a branch with the same name should fail
try(branch_create(commit_2, name = "test-branch"), TRUE)
## Force it
branch_2 <- branch_create(commit_2, name = "test-branch", force = TRUE)
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