register a github board could check for repo existence or offer to create one ?

[cderv]

Hi,

I am just discovering the package and trying pin some data.
I tried naively this thinking it would set up everything.

libary(pins)
board_register_github(repo = "cderv/pins-board")

There is no error, warning or message but pinning does work because the repo does not exist yet in Github.

pin(iris, description = "The iris data set", board = "github")

I would have expected the registration process to warn about it or help create the repository.

Also, the github vignette does not precise explicitely to create the repository before registering.

would this be some precision in documentation only or would you accept board_register_github to check for existence and if the repo does not exist, to warn and ask fr manual creation ?

[javierluraschi]

Makes a lot of sense, fixing and updating CRAN afterwards. Thanks for this feedback!

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