Unable to install_gitlab repos within subgroups #259
Description
If we want to use install_gitlab we supply a repo parameter which is in username/repo[/subdir][@ref] format. This string is split by parse_repo_spec so we have a username variable (e.g., "r-lib") and repo variable (e.g., "remotes").
If my repo is within a GitLab group, then I can simply replace the username portion of the repo parameter with the name of the group.
However, if I have a subgroup holding the repo, I'm stuck. There is no params variable for subgroups.
#' Works
devtools::install_gitlab("timtrice/falsy")#' Works
devtools::install_gitlab("timtrice_tests/falsy")#' Fails
devtools::install_gitlab("timtrice_tests/tests/falsy") Error in utils::download.file(url, path, method = download_method(), quiet = quiet, :
cannot open URL 'https://gitlab.com/timtrice_tests/tests/raw/master/falsy/DESCRIPTION?private_token=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP'
There is no way to get the subgroup past the parse_repo_spec function. So, further functions that stick the URL back together do it incorrectly. The URL in the error above should be,
https://gitlab.com/timtrice_tests/tests/raw/master/falsy/DESCRIPTION?private_token=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
For example, in remote_package_name, the src is built (using build_url) as that in the error message. But, if I change src to the last example above, while debugging, it is successful.
Another option is, instead of using the group/subgroup/repo combination, perhaps we can pass the Project ID? This doesn't seem to work in remote_pacage_name but it does in gitlab_commit.