rstudio / rstudio/packrat

Add install-git as option

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Description

This enables parties who have in house packages to host in private git repositories.

I would have liked to work on it myself. I ran into issues with travis-ci in my fork because they upgraded their infrastructure to not allow sudo.

The work around is to

If you require sudo, for instance to install Ubuntu packages, a workaround is to use precompiled
binaries, uploading them to S3 and downloading them as part of your build, installing them into a non-root directory.

Seemed heavy for a 1 file enhancement.

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Research direction

No source file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating how installation options are handled and how existing package sources are selected, then determine the expected behavior for an install-git option targeting private repositories. Done should include the option and suitable coverage, but the issue does not specify a test location.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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