How to include a local repository that contains spaces in the Remotes field of an R package DESCRIPTION?

Question

One of the dependecies for an R package I'm developing is in a local directory. Using devtools/remotes I can specify this dependency by including Remotes: local::/path/to/the_repository in the package DESCRIPTION.

However, the path I need to access contains spaces and I cannot figure out how to specify it correctly.

So far I've tried quoting ( local::"~/path/to/the repository" ) and escaping ( local::~/path/to/the\\ repository ) but I still get

Error: Missing commas separating Remotes

Any suggestion?

Answer 1

I am not sure how to solve this one. Perhaps backticks would work?

local::`~/path/to/the repository`

Good luck!