How to install R package from private repo using devtools install_github?

Question

I am trying to install a sample package from my github repo: https://github.com/jpmarindiaz/samplepkg

I can install it when the repo is public using any

Answer 1

Have you tried setting a personal access token (PAT) and passing it along as the value of the auth_token argument of install_github()?

See ?install_github way down at the bottom (Package devtools version 1.5.0.99).