Allows uploading a local repository to GitHub
without first creating the repository in the clouds.
repo2github is designed for the initial push to
GitHub. Future pushes can be handled via RStudio or other
Git interface.
repo2github(password, project.dir = getwd(), repo = basename(getwd()),
github.user = getOption("github.user"), gitpath = NULL, readme = TRUE)GitHub user password (character string). If this is not supplied the user will be prompted to enter a password.
The path to the root directory of the report/presentation.
A character string naming the repo; default attempts to use the report project directory name.
GitHub user name (character string).
Path to the location of Git. If
NULL repo2github will attempt to locate the path if necessary.
logical. If TRUE repo initializes with a README.md file.
Creates GitHub repository.
For Windows users this function creates a temporary _netrc
file in the home directory and attempts to delete this file. The _netrc
contains username and password information for GitHub.
repo2github attempts to delete this file but care
should be taken. The file is created in:
file.path(Sys.getenv()["HOME"], "DELETE_ME_REPORTS_PACKAGE/_nectrc").
The user may want to set options for
github.user in the user's primary .Rprofile.
The arguments project.dir and repo use
getwd. This assumes is the current working directory is
the root directory and is done for convenience. The user should ensure that
either their working directory is the root directory or supply the correct
root directory/name to these arguments.
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