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Table 1 A summary of commands available in the latest development version of the repo package

From: repo: an R package for data-centered management of bioinformatic pipelines

Command

Description

attach

Store a generic file into the repository.

attr

Retrieves item attributes.

build

Runs code chunk associated with an item and dependant items if needed.

bulkedit

Saves repository meta data to a text file for offline editing or loads the file after editing.

check

Checks MD5-consistency of stored items.

chunk

Displays the code chunk associated with an item.

copy

Copies items between repositories.

cpanel

Runs visual interface.

dependencies

Returns and/or plots item dependencies.

export

Saves the contents of a repository item to a file in RDS format.

find

Searches all metadata for a partial string match.

get

Loads an item into the current workspace.

handlers

Returns a list of functions to be used as an alternative interface to the repository.

has

Checks wether an item is present in the repository.

info

Displays a summary of information about a regular item, a project item, or the repository.

lazydo

Evaluates specified code caching results in the repository. Loads results if already cached.

options

Sets default parameters to be used by subsequent calls to the put command.

pies

Shows statistics about disk space used by each item in the repository.

print

Summarizes information about items.

project

Creates a special “project” item.

pull

Overwrites item contents by downloading data from the associated URL.

put

Stores new data into the repository.

related

Lists items related to a given item according to dependencies.

rm

Removes items from the repository.

root

Returns repository root position on the file system.

set

Updates an existing item.

stash

Stores an item with unspecified meta information.

stashclear

Removes stash-ed items.

sys

Runs a system command on a given item.

tag

Set tags for an item.

tags

Retrieves tags for an item.

untag

Removes specified tags from an item.