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@jimhester jimhester released this 25 Jun 12:12
v2.1.0
b3b5272

New features

  • install_*() functions gain build_manual and build_vignette arguments
    that previously existed in devtools versions < 2.0 (#353).

  • The interactive menu has been modified to provide more clear instructions on
    the skipping behavior (#207)

  • Credentials are now passed via HTTP headers, to reduce exposure when requests
    fail (#391).

Minor improvements and fixes

  • download() with the external curl download method now always uses -L to
    follow redirects. (#350)

  • update_packages() now has a more informative error message when the update
    fails (#223, #232)

  • install_git() now can take credentials from the global option
    remotes.git_credentials (#378).

  • install_git() now works with SHA references and external git (#389).

  • GitHub remotes that point to branches no longer fail when the branch is later
    deleted (#274).

  • Local remotes whose original location has been moved will no longer error
    when updating (#370).

  • update_deps() no longer sorts the dependencies alphabetically (#296, #301)

  • github_resolve_ref() now takes a host parameter (#284)

  • Remotes specific environment variables now accept 0 and 1 as valid values (#238)

  • remotes now uses locking by default when installing binary packages, which avoids
    issues when installing binaries that are already open in other R processes
    (#368)

  • update_deps() no longer fails if a local package no longer exists (#289)

  • install_version() now errors with a more informative message when type is
    not 'source' (#323)

  • Bioc remote_sha() now always returns a character result (#379)

  • Fix API call for private repositories in install_gitlab
    (@aornugent, #359, #363)

  • git submodules now work if the submodule file is empty (@muschellij2, #234)

  • install_gitlab() no longer adds the access token twice to the request
    (@aornugent, #363).

  • Bitbucket dependencies now actually use the BITBUCKET_USER and
    BITBUCKET_PASSWORD environment variables (@antoine-sachet, #347).

  • parse_deps() now ignores trailing whitespaces around comparison operators
    in DESCRIPTION fields (@LiNk-NY, #366)

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