Check if local file is different from git version on windows

Source: R/ff_sup_inout.R

A file could be new, or cold be modified, identify this by using the git status command and interpreting the output.

ff_sup_git_status_check(spt_file)

Arguments

spt_file

path to file with file name

Value

a named list of bools and strings

  • it_status - 1 is new, 2 is modified, 3 no change

  • st_git_status - string print out of file status

  • bl_modified - bool 1 if modified

  • bl_anewfile - bool 1 if new

  • bl_nochange - bool 1 if no change

Author

Fan Wang, http://fanwangecon.github.io

Examples

spt_file = 'C:/Users/fan/Math4Econ/README.md'
ff_sup_git_status_check(spt_file)
#> $it_status
#> [1] 3
#> 
#> $st_git_status
#> [1] "NO CHNGE: C:/Users/fan/Math4Econ/README.md"
#> 
#> $bl_modified
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $bl_anewfile
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $bl_nochange
#> [1] TRUE
#>