** WE HAVE STOPPED DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PACKAGE, DEFERRING TO rgithub **
Install using install_github within Hadley's devtools package.
install.packages("devtools")
require(devtools)
install_github("gitr", "ropensci")
require(gitr)git & github from R
- GitHub - API documentation - Get metrics on code repositories, including forks, watchers, and open issues.
A similar project from AT&T folks called rgithub here