[R] How do I know which package is loaded?

[Aron Lindberg]

Thanks! That’s perfect. Key is to load the local github repo into an Rstudio project first.


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Aron Lindberg




Doctoral Candidate, Information Systems

Weatherhead School of Management 

Case Western Reserve University

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On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Thierry Onkelinx
<thierry.onkelinx at inbo.be> wrote:

> Dear Aron,
> - Set the build tools in RStudio to build a package (via Tools -> Project
> options -> Build tools)
> - Use the Build pane to "Build" and then "Check" the package
> Best regards,
> Thierry
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> 2015-02-18 17:12 GMT+01:00 Aron Lindberg <aron.lindberg at case.edu>:
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>> In short: what’s a good workflow for forking/rewriting/testing code in
>> packages?
>>
>>
>> I’m trying to contribute to a package on Github. So I fork it and then
>> clone my forked repo into my desktop, and then I open the files I want to
>> edit in RStudio.
>>
>>
>> However, to actually test that the code works, I need to load the package
>> from the local version on my machine. I think I can do this using:
>>
>>
>> library(rgithub, lib.loc = “/Users/Aron/github/local/rgithub/“)
>>
>>
>> However, this fails:
>>
>>
>> Error in library(rgithub, lib.loc = “/Users/Aron/github/local/“) :
>>   there is no package called ‘rgithub’
>>
>>
>> Do I need to install the library from the local repo first somehow? How do
>> I do this?
>>
>>
>> If I got it to work I assume I would be able to run
>>
>>
>> sessionInfo()
>>
>>
>> Which would then enable me to see which version of the package is loaded.
>> However, the version number would be the same as the package that I can
>> install using devtools, e.g. devtools::install_github(“cscheid/rgithub”.
>> How can I check whether I have loaded my local development copy or the
>> “official” copy that I also have on my machine?
>>
>>
>> In short: what’s a good workflow for forking/rewriting/testing code in
>> packages?
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Aron
>>
>>
>> --
>> Aron Lindberg
>>
>>
>> Doctoral Candidate, Information Systems
>> Weatherhead School of Management
>> Case Western Reserve University
>> aronlindberg.github.io
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