Attempts to install the development version of the 'Luminescence' package — install

This function provides a convenient method for installing the development version of the R package 'Luminescence' directly from GitHub.

Usage

install_DevelopmentVersion(force_install = FALSE, branch = "master")

Arguments

force_install: logical (optional): If FALSE (the default) the function produces and prints the required code to the console for the user to run manually afterwards. When TRUE and all requirements are fulfilled (see details) this function attempts to install the package itself.
branch: character (with default): Name of the branch to install. The default value ("master") corresponds to the main development branch.

Value

This function requires user input at the command prompt to choose the desired development branch to be installed. The required R code to install the package is then printed to the console.

Details

This function checks whether the 'devtools' package is currently installed on the system. If force_install = TRUE the functions attempts to install the chosen development branch via devtools::install_github.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
install_DevelopmentVersion()
} # }