This helper function creates a new repository, creates and checks out the default GitHub Pages location (either the ‘gh-pages’ branch or directory ‘docs’) and fills it with the required new paths.
initRepo(name = "drat", basepath = getOption("dratDirectory", "~/git"),
location = getOption("dratBranch", "gh-pages"))The function is invoked for its side-effects and only
returns NULL invisibly.
A character variable with the name the new repository, the default is “drat”.
A character variable with path to the directory in which the new repository is to be created. The default value is “~/git” and can be overriden via option ‘dratDirectory’.
A character variable with the GitHub Pages location: either “gh-pages” indicating a branch of that name, or “docs/” directory in the main branch. The default value can be overridden via the “dratBranch” option.
Dirk Eddelbuettel
Currently only ‘src/contrib’ for source repositories is
supported by this function. The insertPackage() function knows
to deal with binaries for different architectures.
The function also installs a top-level index.html file to ensure
external tests against the repository (as for example done by CRAN if you
list the repository as an ‘Additional_repositories’ in a package)
do not return a ‘404’ error.