Create or Update release branch of a GH repo — sync_release

This function checks if a GitHub repository has a release branch. If a release branch exists, it updates it with the latest DEV branch. If no release branch exists, it creates a new one from DEV

Usage

sync_release_branch(
  owner = getOption("pipfun.ghowner"),
  repo,
  ref_branch = "DEV",
  target_branch = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

owner: Character. The GitHub owner or organization name. Defaults to getOption("pipfun.ghowner")
repo: Character. The name of the repository.
ref_branch: Character. The branch from which the release branch should be created or updated. Defaults to "DEV"
target_branch: Character. The name of the release branch to create or update. If NULL, it will be set to paste0(release, "_", identity)
verbose: logical: whether to print messages about the process. Default is FALSE

Value

Invisible TRUE if the process succeeds, otherwise an error message is displayed

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
sync_release_branch(owner = "PIP-Technical-Team", repo = "aux_gdp")} # }