Quickly browse to important package webpages

Source: R/browse.R

These functions take you to various webpages associated with a package and return the target URL invisibly. Some URLs are formed from first principles and there is no guarantee there will be content at the destination.

browse_github(package = NULL)

browse_github_issues(package = NULL, number = NULL)

browse_github_pulls(package = NULL, number = NULL)

browse_travis(package = NULL, ext = c("org", "com"))

browse_cran(package = NULL)

Arguments

package

Name of package; leave as NULL to use current package
number

For GitHub issues and pull requests. Can be a number or "new".
ext

Version of travis to use.

Details

  • browse_github(): Looks for a GitHub URL in the URL field of DESCRIPTION.

  • browse_github_issues(): Visits the GitHub Issues index or one specific issue.

  • browse_github_pulls(): Visits the GitHub Pull Request index or one specific pull request.

  • browse_travis(): Visits the package's page on Travis CI.

  • browse_cran(): Visits the package on CRAN, via the canonical URL.

Examples

browse_github("gh")
#> ● Open URL 'https://github.com/r-lib/gh#readme'
browse_github_issues("backports")
#> ● Open URL 'https://github.com/r-lib/backports/issues/'
browse_github_issues("backports", 1)
#> ● Open URL 'https://github.com/r-lib/backports/issues/1'
browse_github_pulls("rprojroot")
#> ● Open URL 'https://github.com/krlmlr/rprojroot/pulls/'
browse_github_pulls("rprojroot", 3)
#> ● Open URL 'https://github.com/krlmlr/rprojroot/pull/3'
browse_travis("usethis")
#> ● Open URL 'https://travis-ci.org/r-lib/usethis'
browse_cran("MASS")
#> ● Open URL 'https://cran.r-project.org/package=MASS'