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Dealing with .git folder when using R CMD INSTALL

Dear all,

quite a few package tools depend on R CMD INSTALL today for rapid testing
of a package, eg:

- devtools::install()
- BiocCheck::BiocCheck()

I've noticed that at least BiocCheck() doesn't ignore version control
folders like .git. Trying to find out why this was, lead me to R CMD
INSTALL.

I know this R CMD build ignores these files and folders by default, but R
CMD INSTALL doesn't apparently. Is there a way to tell R CMD INSTALL to
ignore at least the .git folder, or are there plans to add this the R CMD
INSTALL? And if so, where do I file the request best?

Cheers
Joris