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Download latest release of arrow datasets if user doesn't have them already

Source: R/download_latest_arrow_data.R
download_latest_arrow_data.Rd

Used when EJAM package is attached

Usage

download_latest_arrow_data(
  varnames = .arrow_ds_names,
  repository = NULL,
  envir = globalenv()
)

Arguments

varnames

use defaults, or vector of names like "bgej" or use "all" to get all available

repository

repository owner/name such as Public-Environmental-Data-Partners/ejamdata or "XYZ/ejamdata" (wherever the ejamdata repo is hosted, as specified in the DESCRIPTION file of this package)

envir

if needed to specify environment other than default, e.g., globalenv() or parent.frame()

Details

Checks to see what is the latest release of datasets available according to the data repository's latest release tag. Compares that to what version was last saved locally (as stored in the installed package's ejamdata_version.txt file).

Relies on piggyback::pb_releases() to track / update / store / download data files as assets of a specific release on the data repository. For details, see technical details of how datasets are updated