Push and pull

Functions to connect with a git server (remote) to fetch or push changes. The 'credentials' package is used to handle authentication, the credentials vignette explains the various authentication methods for SSH and HTTPS remotes.

git_fetch(
  remote = NULL,
  refspec = NULL,
  password = askpass,
  ssh_key = NULL,
  prune = FALSE,
  verbose = interactive(),
  repo = "."
)

git_remote_ls(
  remote = NULL,
  password = askpass,
  ssh_key = NULL,
  verbose = interactive(),
  repo = "."
)

git_push(
  remote = NULL,
  refspec = NULL,
  set_upstream = NULL,
  password = askpass,
  ssh_key = NULL,
  mirror = FALSE,
  force = FALSE,
  verbose = interactive(),
  repo = "."
)

git_clone(
  url,
  path = NULL,
  branch = NULL,
  password = askpass,
  ssh_key = NULL,
  bare = FALSE,
  mirror = FALSE,
  verbose = interactive()
)

git_pull(remote = NULL, rebase = FALSE, ..., repo = ".")

Arguments

remote

Optional. Name of a remote listed in git_remote_list(). If unspecified and the current branch is already tracking branch a remote branch, that remote is honored. Otherwise, defaults to origin.

refspec

string with mapping between remote and local refs. Default uses the default refspec from the remote, which usually fetches all branches.

password

a string or a callback function to get passwords for authentication or password protected ssh keys. Defaults to askpass which checks getOption('askpass').

ssh_key

path or object containing your ssh private key. By default we look for keys in ssh-agent and credentials::ssh_key_info.

prune

delete tracking branches that no longer exist on the remote, or are not in the refspec (such as pull requests).

verbose

display some progress info while downloading

repo

The path to the git repository. If the directory is not a repository, parent directories are considered (see git_find). To disable this search, provide the filepath protected with I(). When using this parameter, always explicitly call by name (i.e. repo = ) because future versions of gert may have additional parameters.

set_upstream

change the branch default upstream to remote. If NULL, this will set the branch upstream only if the push was successful and if the branch does not have an upstream set yet.

mirror

use the --mirror flag

force

use the --force flag

url

remote url. Typically starts with https://github.com/ for public repositories, and https://yourname@github.com/ or git@github.com/ for private repos. You will be prompted for a password or pat when needed.

path

Directory of the Git repository to create.

branch

name of branch to check out locally

bare

use the --bare flag

rebase

if TRUE we try to rebase instead of merge local changes. This is not possible in case of conflicts (you will get an error).

...

arguments passed to git_fetch

Details

Use git_fetch() and git_push() to sync a local branch with a remote branch. Here git_pull() is a wrapper for git_fetch() which then tries to fast-forward the local branch after fetching.

See also

Other git: git_archive, git_branch(), git_commit(), git_config(), git_diff(), git_ignore, git_merge(), git_rebase(), git_remote, git_repo, git_reset(), git_signature(), git_stash, git_tag

Examples

{# Clone a small repository
git_dir <- file.path(tempdir(), 'antiword')
git_clone('https://github.com/ropensci/antiword', git_dir)

# Change into the repo directory
olddir <- getwd()
setwd(git_dir)

# Show some stuff
git_log()
git_branch_list()
git_remote_list()

# Add a file
write.csv(iris, 'iris.csv')
git_add('iris.csv')

# Commit the change
jerry <- git_signature("Jerry", "jerry@hotmail.com")
git_commit('added the iris file', author = jerry)

# Now in the log:
git_log()

# Cleanup
setwd(olddir)
unlink(git_dir, recursive = TRUE)
}