install.git {installr}

Downloads and installs git and git-gui for windows

Description

Allows the user to downloads and install the latest version of git for Windows.

Usage

install.git(URL = "https://git-scm.com/download/win", version = 64, ...)

Arguments

URL

the URL of the git download page.

version

numeric - either 32 or 64 (default)

...

extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Details

Git is a distributed revision control and source code management system with an emphasis on speed.

Value

TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.

References

git homepage: https://git-scm.com/ git download page: https://git-scm.com/download/win

Examples

## Not run: 
install.git() # installs the latest version of git

## End(Not run)