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Message about non-existing argument gh_url #662

@otoomet

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@otoomet

rhub_setup() suggests to use argument gh_url that does not exist:

Open R in a directory that is not a git repo and attempt to run the setup:

> rhub::rhub_setup()
Setting up R-hub v2.
✖ Is the current directory part of an R package?
Error: 
! The current directory is not part of an R package.
ℹ You can create an R package in the current directory if you run
  `usethis::create_package('.')`.
ℹ Alternatively, if you want to use R-hub for a package that is already on GitHub,
  supply the `gh_url` argument to `rhub_setup()`.
Type .Last.error to see the more details.

However, if I try to include gh_url it does not exist:

> rhub::rhub_setup(gh_url="https://github.com/package")
Error in rhub::rhub_setup(gh_url = "https://github.com/package") : 
  unused argument (gh_url = "https://github.com/package")

Sorry if I misunderstand something, but this seems to me like either misleading suggestions, or a missing implementation.

Note that the current behavior aligns with the current documentation.


> R.Version()
$platform
[1] "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"

$arch
[1] "x86_64"

$os
[1] "linux-gnu"

$system
[1] "x86_64, linux-gnu"

$status
[1] ""

$major
[1] "4"

$minor
[1] "5.1"

$year
[1] "2025"

$month
[1] "06"

$day
[1] "13"

$`svn rev`
[1] "88306"

$language
[1] "R"

$version.string
[1] "R version 4.5.1 (2025-06-13)"

$nickname
[1] "Great Square Root"

> packageVersion("rhub")
[1] ‘2.0.1’

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