Push and Pull

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

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

git_push(remote = NULL, refspec = 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(..., repo = ".")

Arguments

remote	name of a remote listed in git_remote_list()
refspec	string with mapping between remote and local refs
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.
verbose	display some progress info while downloading
repo	a path to an existing repository, or a git_repository object as returned by git_open, git_init or git_clone.
mirror	use the --mirror flag
force	use the --force flag
url	remote url. Typically starts with https://github.com/ for public repositories, and https://[email protected]/ or [email protected]/ for private repos. You will be prompted for a password or pat when needed.
path	directory of the git repository. For git_init or git_clone this must be a non-existing or empty directory.
branch	name of branch to check out locally
bare	use the --bare flag
...	arguments passed to git_fetch

See also

Other git: branch, commit, git_config, repository, signature

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", "[email protected]")
git_commit('added the iris file', author = jerry)

# Now in the log:
git_log()

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