Remove args argument

Remove the args argument because it is blocking the user from passing args down into the install command

Author: StevenMMortimer

NEWS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # devtools 1.13.0
 
+* Remove deprecated `args` argument from `install_git()` to allow passthrough to `install` (#1373, @ReportMort).
+
 * added a `quiet` argument to `install_bitbucket()`, with a default value
   of `FALSE` (fixes issue #1345, @plantarum).
 

R/install-git.r

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #' @param branch Name of branch or tag to use, if not master.
 #' @param credentials A git2r credentials object passed through
 #'   to \code{\link[git2r]{clone}}.
-#' @param args DEPRECATED. A character vector providing extra arguments to
-#'   pass on to git.
 #' @param ... passed on to \code{\link{install}}
 #' @export
 #' @family package installation
@@ -20,10 +18,7 @@
 #' install_git("git://github.com/hadley/stringr.git")
 #' install_git("git://github.com/hadley/stringr.git", branch = "stringr-0.2")
 #'}
-install_git <- function(url, subdir = NULL, branch = NULL, credentials = NULL,
-  args = character(0), ...) {
-  if (!missing(args))
-    warning("`args` is deprecated", call. = FALSE)
+install_git <- function(url, subdir = NULL, branch = NULL, credentials = NULL, ...) {
 
   remotes <- lapply(url, git_remote, subdir = subdir,
                     branch = branch, credentials=credentials)