You can extract the latest version of a package on GitHub and display
the different future version:
version <- get_latest_version("rjdverse/rjd3toolkit")#> Fetched DESCRIPTION from branch: v3.5.1#> Version found on branch v3.5.1: 3.5.1#> Dernière release : 3.5.1#> Fetching branches from repository: rjdverse/rjd3toolkit#> Found branches: develop, gh-pages, main, snapshot#> Fetched DESCRIPTION from branch: develop#> Version found on branch develop: 3.5.2#> Version sur develop : 3.5.2#> Fetched DESCRIPTION from branch: main#> Version found on branch main: 3.5.1#> Version sur main : 3.5.1#> Fetched DESCRIPTION from branch: snapshot#> Version found on branch snapshot: 3.5.1.9500#> Version sur snapshot : 3.5.1.9500get_different_future_version(version)#> Package version bumped from '3.5.1' to '3.5.2'#> Future patch version: 3.5.2#> Package version bumped from '3.5.2' to '3.6.0'#> Future minor version: 3.6.0#> Package version bumped from '3.6.0' to '4.0.0'#> Future major version: 4.0.0#> current_version.Version future_patch_version future_minor_version #> "3.5.1" "3.5.2" "3.6.0" #> future_major_version #> "4.0.0"
Helps to prepare a release. Before releasing an R package it is important to update the DESCRIPTION file and the changelog. This package prepares these files and also updates the versions according to the branches. It relies heavily on the 'desc' packages.