Create Empty Branch From Github

Source: R/create_empty_branch.R

Create Empty Branch From Github

create_empty_branch(repo = NULL, branch = NULL, org = "KWB-R",
  set_githubuser = TRUE, git_exe = path_to_git(),
  dest_dir = tempdir(), execute = TRUE, dbg = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

repo

name of existing Github repository (default: NULL)
branch

name of branch to be created (default: NULL)
org

repo owner (default: "KWB-R")
set_githubuser

should the Github user be set before executing the branch creation (default: TRUE). In this case set_github_user() is run
git_exe

path to GIT executable (default: kwb.pkgbuild:::path_to_git()), only required on "windows". On all other platforms it is assumed that "git" is sufficient!
dest_dir

directory where the the repo should be checked out (default: tempdir())
execute

should a batch file be run?
dbg

print debug messages (default: TRUE)
...

additional arguments passed to set_github_user

Value

create empty branch (defined in 'branch') and push to org/repo on Github