AlejandroCatalina / r-packages

Repository for distributing (some) stan-dev R packages

Repository for distributing (some) stan-dev R packages

A place for publishing new versions of (some) stan-dev R packages before they reach CRAN and for stan-dev R packages and versions where releasing on CRAN is not a (current) goal.

Instructions for publishing or updating on this repository

For stan-dev/r-packages maintainers

1. Install the drat package

install.packages("drat")

2. Clone this repository and make sure you are on the gh-pages branch (the default branch).

git clone https://github.com/stan-dev/r-packages
git status

3. Create the package tarball (tar.gz) file

devtools::build()

or

R CMD build packageFolder

4. Run drat to update the repository

drat::insertPackage("path/to/package_tarball.tar.gz", "path/to/r-packages/")

For example:

drat::insertPackage("posterior_0.0.3.tar.gz", "r-packages/")

5. Commit and push changes to the stan-dev/r-packages repository.

For others that wish to publish their package on https://mc-stan.org/r-packages

1. Install the drat package

install.packages("drat")

2. Fork this repository, clone your fork and make sure you are on the gh-pages branch (the default branch).

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/r-packages
git status

3. Create the package tarball (tar.gz) file

devtools::build()

or

R CMD build packageFolder

4. Run drat to update the repository

drat::insertPackage("path/to/package_tarball.tar.gz", "path/to/r-packages/")

For example:

drat::insertPackage("posterior_0.0.3.tar.gz", "r-packages/")

5. Commit and push changes to your repository yourusername/r-packages.

6. Open a pull request on this repository to add your package.