R: Quickly browse to important package webpages

browse-this {usethis}

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Quickly browse to important package webpages

Description

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.

Usage

browse_github(package = NULL)

browse_github_issues(package = NULL, number = NULL)

browse_github_pulls(package = NULL, number = NULL)

browse_travis(package = NULL)

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"`.

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")
browse_github_issues("backports")
browse_github_issues("backports", 1)
browse_github_pulls("rprojroot")
browse_github_pulls("rprojroot", 3)
browse_travis("usethis")
browse_cran("MASS")

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