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

[baptiste auguie]

Once upon a time r-forge had the option to sync from an external svn
repository, e.g. hosted on googlecode. I haven't seen it available for
some time, sadly. I'm sure many users would appreciate if this feature
came back with the new interface. Not sure if it could work with git
as well, though.

b.

On 9 February 2012 21:59, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 09/02/12 00:33, Tom Roche wrote:
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>> 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/
>>
>> seems to be the "canonical" place to put R packages, and it's svn.
>> That can be finessed, e.g.,
>>
>> http://cameron.bracken.bz/git-with-r-forge
>
> Nice link - but I can't follow it.
>
> Actual Situation:
> - - Package on r-forge
>
> Want to have:
> - - git (github?) repo as my main cvs and
> - - branch (release_x.y.z) for new release for r-forge
> - - push branch release_x.y.z to r-forge to do it's magic.
>
> So there are two initial steps:
> 1) Initial import of r-forge repo to git(hub) (should be easy)
> 2) setup of local git repo for package (is easy)
>
> and then github is used as VCS
>
> When a release should be done, the following needs to be done:
> - - branch on git (easy)
> - - push new branch to r-forge (how?)
>
> now how could this be done easily?
>
> can I do this with
>
>  git svn commit
>
> ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rainer
>
>
>>
>> FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
>>
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