install_github not installing some folders in inst/

[ramnathv]

I am not sure if I am doing something stupid, but for some reason, all folders in inst are not getting installed when I run install_github('slidify', 'ramnathv', ref = 'dev'). In particular the folder inst/scaffold is not getting installed.

I ran devtools::install from the local repo and everything works fine. I also checked the zipball to make sure that it contained inst\scaffold and it does.

Does anyone know what might be going on?

NOTE. I am cross posting this on SO.

[wch]

I think maybe scaffold is a special name? I just tried renaming it to scaffold-1 and it installed correctly. Maybe this is a question for the r-devel list?

[ramnathv]

That is strange. I just renamed the directory and it works. But, I am still puzzled since scaffold did not cause any problem when installing from the local repository. Do install and install_github work differently, which might be causing some of the issue?

[ramnathv]

Feel free to close this issue, since renaming worked for me. However, my question is still of academic interest!

[wch]

I'd be curious to find out why this happens. Do you mind posting a question about it to the r-devel list?