[R] Version control (git, mercurial) for R packages

[David Winsemius]

On Feb 8, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Tom Roche wrote:

>
> Peter Langfelder Thu Feb 9 00:01:31 CET 2012
>> I'm exploring using a version control system
>
> +1! welcome to the new millenium :-)
>
>> to keep better track of changes to the [R] packages I maintain. I'm
>> leaning towards git
>
> I like 'git' too, but one thing to consider (though keep in mind that
> I'm new to R, so I Could Be Wrong): R-forge
>
> https://r-forge.r-project.org/
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> seems to be the "canonical" place to put R packages, and it's svn.

There seem to be three canons: r-forge, Rforge, and for the Followers  
of Wickham, github. Four, if you count OmegaHat.


> That can be finessed, e.g.,
>
> http://cameron.bracken.bz/git-with-r-forge
>
> FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
>
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