Version control (git, mercurial) for R packages
Same warning here. Which made me think that R CMD build will probably tar up the git repository along with the package, which is not something I would like to do, and which CRAN people most likely won't tolerate in a package on CRAN.
It doesn't. And you can always use .Rbuildignore to ignore other files.
?I have also switched to using Hadley Wickham's devtools (+ roxygen
for docs). Both highly recommended. devtools can build a package and check it in a temporary location ? this is safer than checking in place and avoids that warning.
I'll check that out.
Yes, I strongly advise building and checking, or building or installing. From what I can tell, this is what R-core does, and it makes life much easier. Hadley
Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair Department of Statistics / Rice University http://had.co.nz/