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://packages.ropensci.org', '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:

Conda:

data-storegit-lfspeer-reviewed

12.19 score 201 stars 15 packages 286 scripts 25k downloads 12 exports 24 dependencies

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

TargetResultTimeFilesSyslog
linux-devel-x86_64OK126
pkgdown docsOK160
source / vignettesOK235
linux-release-x86_64OK142
macos-release-arm64OK108
macos-oldrel-arm64OK90
windows-develOK81
windows-releaseOK80
windows-oldrelOK67
wasm-releaseOK163

Exports:.pb_cache_clearpb_deletepb_downloadpb_download_urlpb_listpb_new_releasepb_readpb_release_createpb_release_deletepb_releasespb_uploadpb_write

Dependencies:askpasscachemclicurlfastmapfsghgitcredsgluehttrhttr2inijsonlitelifecyclemagrittrmemoisemimeopensslR6rappdirsrlangsysvctrswithr

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