p_load_git/gitlab

[olivermagnanimous]

My organisation uses GitLab, it'd be great to have a function like p_load_gitlab(), or more broadly p_load_git().

[holgerbrandl]

This would be indeed a great addition to pacman to support repos living inside of an organization. I'd think that the backend is pretty mature already, see for instance devtools::install_git or https://rdrr.io/cran/remotes/man/install_gitlab.html

[Dasonk]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into adding that.

[Dasonk]

@oloverm and @holgerbrandl Do you have any suggestions for how we might best add this type of feature? I think adding some sort of generic function would be optimal. Maybe some additional functions that provide functionality for other popular services without having to specify parameters for the service directly would be useful as well. Any input on which services beyond gitlab would be useful to add shortcut functions for?