Devtools 1.10.0
Devtools 1.10.0 is now available on CRAN. Devtools makes package building so easy that a package can become your default way to organise code, data, documentation, and tests. You can learn more about creating your own package in R packages. Install devtools with:
```{r}
install.packages("devtools")
```This version is mostly a collection of bug fixes and minor improvements. For example:
Devtools employs a new strategy for detecting RTools on windows: we now only check for Rtools if you need to
load_all()orbuild()a package with compiled code. This should make life easier for most windows users.Package installation receieved a lot of tweaks from the community. Devtools now makes use of the
Additional_repositoriesfield, which is useful if you’re using drat for non-CRAN packages.install_github()is now lazy and won’t reinstall if the currently installed version is the same as the one on github. Local installs now add git and github metadata, if available.use_news_md()adds a (very) basicNEWS.mdtemplate. CRAN now acceptsNEWS.mdfiles sorelease()warns if you’ve previously added it to.Rbuilignore.use_mit_license()writes the necessary infrastructure to declare that your package is MIT licensed (in a CRAN-compliant way).check(cran = TRUE)automatically adds--run-donttestas this is a de facto CRAN standard.
To see the full list of changes, please read the release notes.