installr (version 0.23.4)

install.GitHub: Downloads and installs GitHub for windows

Description

Allows the user to downloads and install the latest version of GitHub for Windows.

Usage

install.GitHub(
  URL = "http://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHubSetup.exe",
  ...
)

Value

TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.

Arguments

URL

the URL of the GitHub download page.

...

extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Details

"The easiest way to use Git on Windows." (at least so they say...)

References

• GitHub homepage: https://github.com/

• GitHub for windows download page: https://desktop.github.com/

Examples

if (FALSE) {
install.GitHub() # installs the latest version of GitHub for windows
}