R -e doesn't install packages into packrat project folder

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Bug
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No source file or test is named. Reproduce the R -e and interactive install.packages commands from a packrat project directory using R 3.5.1 and Packrat 0.5.0, then compare their package-library behavior. Done means packages install into the packrat project folder when invoked through R -e, including the reported Docker workflow.

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R -e 'install.packages("rJava", repos="http://cran.rstudio.com", lib="/usr/local/lib/R/site-library")'
doesn't install packages into packrat project folder when I'm currently sitting in the packrat folder at the same time when I go Strictly into R and execute install.packages("rJava", repos="http://cran.rstudio.com", lib="/usr/local/lib/R/site-library") all works well. I install it via docker so I cannot manually go strictly to R and install it, I have to use "execute flag".
The same issue\bug works for all installed packages. I haven't tested with install via GitHub but anyway it has to work , Please check it out

Packrat version: 0.5.0
R version: 3.5.1

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