RStudio install packages from Azure DevOps

Question

I'm creating some internal packages with R in RStudio. My repositories are hosted in Azure DevOps. I saw the renv.lock and there is a section for repositories.

{
  "R": {
    "Version": "3.6.1",
    "Repositories": [
      {
        "Name": "CRAN",
        "URL": "https://cran.rstudio.com"
      }
    ]
  },
  "Packages": {
    "BH": {
      "Package": "BH",
      "Version": "1.69.0-1",
      "Source": "Repository",
      "Repository": "CRAN",
      "Hash": "0fde015f5153e51df44981da0767f522"
    },
    "KernSmooth": {
      "Package": "KernSmooth",
      "Version": "2.23-16",
      "Source": "Repository",
      "Repository": "CRAN",
      "Hash": "a531dc333440009ee13bbb507232476d"
    }
}

My components are in a url like

https://dev.azure.com/mycompany/RComponents/_git/mycomponent

Is there a way to add my private repositories in here? How can I install R packages from Azure DevOps?

Answer 1

renv is able to install and restore packages from a variety of sources, including:

• CRAN,
• Bioconductor,
• GitHub
• Gitlab
• Bitbucket

However, it does not include Azure DevOps. Please refer to this document . In addition, there is also no information about using Azure DevOps repositories or packages in the RStudio Documentation .

Answer 2

I got it to work using the remotes package!

remotes::install_git("<clone url>", git = "external")

#AKA
remotes::install_git("https://ORG@dev.azure.com/USER/PROJECT/_git/NAME", git = "external")

You are then directed to a sign in handled via RStudio popups.