vcs is a R package that allows users to gain control over their remote repositories on a version control system from within R.
devtools::install_github('metrumresearchgroup/vcs')- grepr: run recursive grep directly on local paths and remote branches
- gsubr: run recursive gsub directly on local paths
- list_repos: list repositories of a user in a version control repository
- ls_remote: list files on remote branches on a version control repository
- setwd_remote: replace inline script from local path to remote path
- source_remote: source script on remote branches, works for reading in data on remote and nested sourcing
- diff_head: query the difference in files between current fetch and the HEAD of a repository
- sparse_checkout: create a sparse checkout of a repository on github/bitbucket/svn
- update_depth: if the git repository was checked out with a depth setting, use this function to update or cancel the depth setting