Cryptic error from install_github() if reference doesn't exist #1204
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GitHub returns a regular HTTP response in the first case, whereas in the second it returns a JSON response. Devtools is always expecting a JSON response, which is why you got the confusing error. #1211 tries to parse the response as JSON, if it fails it treats the response content as a message which cleans up this issue. download_github(tempfile(), "https://api.github.com/repos/rstudio/rmarkdown/zipball/feature/html-vignette-readme")
#> Error in stop(github_error(request)) : Not Found (404) |
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If you try to install from github ref that doesn't exist, the error message can be pretty odd. Here's an attempt to install from a PR that has been closed and the underlying branch deleted.
I get same message for a tag or SHA or branch that never existed, i.e.,
devtools::install_github("rstudio/rmarkdown@v5")
ordevtools::install_github("rstudio/rmarkdown@1234567")
ofdevtools::install_github("rstudio/rmarkdown@nope")
.But the error for a PR that never existed is different and is more informative.
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