Update Branches of a GitHub Repository — update

This function compares the commit history and content between two branches of a GitHub repository. If the content of the branches is different, it updates branch2 to match the latest commit of branch1.

Usage

update_branches(
  owner = getOption("pipfun.ghowner"),
  repo,
  branch1,
  branch2,
  force = TRUE
)

Arguments

owner: The GitHub username or organization name. Defaults to the option "pipfun.ghowner" if not specified.
repo: The name of the GitHub repository.
branch1: The source branch whose latest commit is used to update branch2.
branch2: The target branch that will be updated to match the latest commit of branch1.
force: logical. If FALSE, ask permission to user before merging. Default is TRUE

Value

Returns TRUE if the update was successful or if the branches were already up-to-date, FALSE if an error occurred during the update.