NOTE: this is outdated, see https://github.com/r-lib/remotes instead
Simple lightweight installer for R packages from GitHub. This function imitates the behavior of the popular devtools::install_github, yet it has no external dependencies. This function may be useful when you quickly want to install an R package from GitHub, but don't have the devtools package installed. This function downloads any desired R package from GitHub and installs any dependencies before installing the package itself.
source("http://jtilly.io/install_github/install_github.R")
install_github("jtilly/matchingR")