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dev_mode {devtools}

Activate and deactivate development mode.
Package: 
devtools
Version: 
1.2

Description

When activated, dev_mode creates a new library for storing installed packages. This new library is automatically created when dev_mode is activated if it does not already exist. This allows you to test development packages in a sandbox, without interfering with the other packages you have installed.

Usage

dev_mode(on = NULL, path = getOption("devtools.path"))

Arguments

on
turn dev mode on (TRUE) or off (FALSE). If omitted will guess based on whether or not path is in .libPaths
path
directory to library.

Examples

dev_mode()
dev_mode()

Documentation reproduced from package devtools, version 1.2. License: GPL (>= 2)