Implement a dependency-free install_github
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- Dominant language
- R
- Stars
- 409
- Forks
- 89
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
The tricky bits:
- Handling authentication (for installing from private repos),
- Handling pull requests (need to communicate with GitHub API to map pull request numbers to refs),
- ...without any package dependencies.
We might be able to use some command line tools here; ie, even if we can't use RCurl we can maybe still use curl.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the existing install_github entry point in the packrat codebase and reviewing how installation currently handles dependencies. Define how private-repository authentication and pull-request numbers map to GitHub refs without package dependencies; the work is done when both cases function through the proposed dependency-free approach.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github, r
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100