get_description_repo {rworkflows} | R Documentation |
Get DESCRIPTION files for R repos
Description
Get the DESCRIPTION file information in data.table format for all R packages in standard R repositories (CRAN, Bioc). Can return a subset of results for specific packages as well.
Usage
get_description_repo(
refs = NULL,
db = NULL,
repo = c("BioCsoft", "BioCann", "BioCexp", "BioCworkflows", "CRAN"),
version = BiocManager::version(),
verbose = TRUE
)
Arguments
refs |
Reference for one or more GitHub repository in owner/repo format
(e.g. |
db |
A data.table of R package metadata generated by biocPkgList. |
repo |
|
version |
The requested Bioconductor version. Will
default to use the BiocManager defaults (i.e., |
verbose |
Print messages. |
Value
Named list of desc objects.