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

[baptiste auguie]

On 9 February 2012 13:02, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
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> On Feb 8, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Tom Roche wrote:
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>> Peter Langfelder Thu Feb 9 00:01:31 CET 2012
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>>> I'm exploring using a version control system
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>> +1! welcome to the new millenium :-)
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>>> to keep better track of changes to the [R] packages I maintain. I'm
>>> leaning towards git
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>> 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
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>> https://r-forge.r-project.org/
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>> seems to be the "canonical" place to put R packages, and it's svn.
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>
> There seem to be three canons: r-forge, Rforge, and for the Followers of
> Wickham, github. Four, if you count OmegaHat.

Also googlecode (e.g. sqldf).

b.

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