1. Clone the git repository:

git clone [email protected]:microbiome/microbiome.git

1. Pull changes by others:

git pull

1. Make your changes

2. Document, build, check and install the modified package to check its validity (see below)

3. Make pull request or push directly to the repository (for pushing you need permissions; please contact the admins):

git add new.files
   git commit -a -m"my changes"
   git push

See also source code at GitHub.

Instructions for building the R package tarball, assuming that the package structure is under the "pkg" directory in the working directory.

1. Load the devtools R package (requires >=R-2.15)

library("devtools")

1. Build Roxygen documentation

document("pkg")

1. Validate the package

check("pkg")

1. Build the package

build("pkg")

1. Install the package

install("pkg")

When ready: add, commit and push to git master repository.