Relative paths for local source RemoteUrl?

[johnbaums]

I have a git repository containing package source (within subdirectory my_package) and a renv lockfile. For context, the repo is private, and I'd rather not mess with PATs or gitlab/github credentials (e.g. to use remotes::install_gitlab), particularly seeing as the package is contained within the project anyway.

To capture my_package in the lockfile, I use:

renv::install('./my-package')
renv::snapshot()

However, the RemoteUrl stores the full path to the package: /home/john/my_project/my_package. This is problematic when the lockfile is commited back to the repo and another user then clones it into their home directory.

I can edit the RemoteUrl manually to relative path, ./my_package, but renv then complains about the lockfile being out sync, and the relative path is overwritten on subsequent snapshots.

So, is it possible to somehow force renv to use a relative path for local sources?

[kevinushey]

It's not currently possible, but I agree this is a bug given that it makes it impossible to share the lockfile with others. I'll take a look.

[kevinushey]

Now implemented with df1ac96. Thanks for the report!