Version control (git, mercurial) for R packages

Peter Langfelder Thu Feb 9 00:01:31 CET 2012

I'm exploring using a version control system

+1! welcome to the new millenium :-)

to keep better track of changes to the [R] packages I maintain. I'm
leaning towards git

I like 'git' too, but one thing to consider (though keep in mind that
I'm new to R, so I Could Be Wrong): R-forge

https://r-forge.r-project.org/

seems to be the "canonical" place to put R packages, and it's svn.
That can be finessed, e.g.,

http://cameron.bracken.bz/git-with-r-forge

FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>