Package: piggyback 0.1.5.9007

Carl Boettiger

piggyback: Managing Larger Data on a GitHub Repository

Helps store files as GitHub release assets, which is a convenient way for large/binary data files to piggyback onto public and private GitHub repositories. Includes functions for file downloads, uploads, and managing releases via the GitHub API.

Authors:Carl Boettiger [aut, cre, cph], Tan Ho [aut], Mark Padgham [ctb], Jeffrey O Hanson [ctb], Kevin Kuo [ctb]

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NEWS

# Install 'piggyback' in R:

install.packages('piggyback', repos = c('https://ropensci.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Reviews:rOpenSci Software Review #220

Bug tracker:https://github.com/ropensci/piggyback/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://docs.ropensci.org

On CRAN:

data-store git-lfs peer-reviewed

13.06 score 200 stars 14 packages 307 scripts 93k downloads 12 exports 24 dependencies

Last updated from:844f27f82c (on master). Checks:10 OK. Indexed: yes.

Target	Result	Time
linux-devel-x86_64	OK	145
pkgdown docs	OK	177
source / vignettes	OK	213
linux-release-x86_64	OK	134
macos-devel-arm64	OK	85
macos-release-arm64	OK	95
windows-devel	OK	78
windows-release	OK	77
windows-oldrel	OK	104
wasm-release	OK	126

Exports:.pb_cache_clear pb_delete pb_download pb_download_url pb_list pb_new_release pb_read pb_release_create pb_release_delete pb_releases pb_upload pb_write

Dependencies:askpass cachem cli curl fastmap fs gh gitcreds glue httr httr2 ini jsonlite lifecycle magrittr memoise mime openssl R6 rappdirs rlang sys vctrs withr

Piggyback comparison to alternatives

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Cloud native workflows with piggyback

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Piggyback Data atop your GitHub Repository!

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Development and contributors

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help page	Topics
piggyback: Managing Larger Data on a GitHub Repository	piggyback-package piggyback
GitHub API URL	.gh_api_url
Delete an asset attached to a release	pb_delete
Download data from an existing release	pb_download
Get the download url of a given file	pb_download_url
List all assets attached to a release	pb_list
Read one file into memory	pb_read
Create a new release on GitHub repo	pb_new_release pb_release_create
Delete release from GitHub repo	pb_release_delete
List releases in repository	pb_releases
Upload data to an existing release	pb_upload
Write one object to repo/release	pb_write