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install_github {devtools}

Attempts to install a package directly from github.
Package: 
devtools
Version: 
1.2

Description

This function is vectorised so you can install multiple packages in a single command.

Usage

install_github(repo, username = getOption("github.user"),
    ref = "master", pull = NULL, subdir = NULL,
    branch = NULL, auth_user = NULL, password = NULL, ...)

Arguments

username
Github username
repo
Repo name
ref
Desired git reference. Could be a commit, tag, or branch name. Defaults to "master".
pull
Desired pull request. A pull request refers to a branch, so you can't specify both branch and pull; one of them must be NULL.
subdir
subdirectory within repo that contains the R package.
branch
Deprecated. Use ref instead.
auth_user
your github username if you're attempting to install a package hosted in a private repository (and your username is different to username)
password
your github password
...
Other arguments passed on to install.

See Also

Other package installation: install, install_bitbucket, install_git, install_gitorious, install_url, install_version

Examples

## Not run:
install_github("roxygen")
## End(Not run)

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