Devtools 1.6 is now available on CRAN. Devtools makes it so easy to build a package that it becomes your default way to organise code, data and documentation. Learn more at http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/. You can get the latest version with:
install.packages("devtools")
We’ve made a lot of improvements to the install and release process:
Installation functions now default to
build_vignettes = FALSE
, and only install required dependencies (not suggested). They also store a lot of useful metadata.install_github()
got a lot of love.install_github("user/repo")
is now the preferred way to install a package from github (older forms with explicit username parameter are now deprecated). You can supply thehost
argument to install packages from a local github enterprise installation. You can get the latest release withuser/repo@*release
.session_info()
uses package installation metdata to show you exactly how every package was installed (locally, from CRAN, from github, …)release()
uses new webform-based submission process for CRAN, as implemented insubmit_cran()
.You can add arbitrary extra questions to
release()
by defining a functionrelease_questions()
in your package. It should return a character vector of questions to ask.
We’ve also added a number of functions to make it easy to get started with various aspects of the package development:
use_data()
adds data to a package, either indata/
(external data) or inR/sysdata.rda
(internal data).use_data_raw()
sets updata-raw/
for your reproducible data generation scripts.use_package()
sets dependencies and reminds you how to use them.use_rcpp()
gets you ready to use Rcpp.use_testthat()
sets up testing infrastructure with testthat.use_travis()
adds a.travis.yml
file and tells you how to get started with travis ci.use_vignette()
creates a draft vignette using Rmarkdown.
There were many other minor improvements and bug fixes. See the release notes for complete list of changes.