jonkeane commented on a change in pull request #9579: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/9579#discussion_r589514541
########## File path: r/README.md ########## @@ -178,6 +178,28 @@ For any other build/configuration challenges, see the [C++ developer guide](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/developers/cpp/building.html) and `vignette("install", package = "arrow")`. +### Using `remotes::install_github(...)` + +If you need an Arrow installation from a specific repository or at a specific ref, `remotes::install_github()` should work on most platforms. This method is helpful if you need a full install of arrow that is separate from another install (e.g. we use this in [arrowbench](https://github.com/ursacomputing/arrowbench) to install development versions of arrow isolated from the system install). However there are some caveats to be aware of: Review comment: Yeah, absolutely. I'll move all of this over to the install vignette. I agree about a more holistic re-org, but going to punt on _that_ for now ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
