Source code: copied from "remotes" https://github.com/r-lib/remotes/blob/bd970d723facc6ede2ff0f54ce4ae917526a37f8/install-github.R (required for downloading private repos!)
Usage
download_github(
repo,
ref = NULL,
dest_dir = tempdir(),
use_zip = FALSE,
quiet = FALSE,
auth_token = Sys.getenv("GITHUB_PAT")
)Arguments
- repo
Github repo (e.g. "kwb-r/kwb.utils")
- ref
default: "NULL" (i.e. defaults to "master" or "main" branch)
- dest_dir
dest directory (default: tempdir())
- use_zip
should files be downloades as .tar.gz (use_zip=FALSE) or as .zip files (use_zip=TRUE); default: FALSE
- quiet
print messages (default: TRUE)
- auth_token
auth_token (needed to download "private" repos), default: Sys.getenv("GITHUB_PAT")