R Observatory: Metrics for hotpatchR version 0.1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

hotpatchR

0.1.0

Runtime Namespace Patching Utilities for R Packages

0packages depend

1.2Kdownloads / year

67.0%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by David Munoz TordFirst published 2026-04-251 releasesCRAN page ↗

Provides utilities for runtime hotpatching of locked R package namespaces. The package enables dynamic injection of function patches into sealed package environments without rebuilding or redeploying the package. This is particularly useful for legacy containerized workflows where package versions are frozen in place. The core functionality includes inject_patch() to inject patches into package namespaces, undo_patch() to restore original functions, apply_hotfix_file() to apply patches from external R scripts, and test_patched_dir() to run test suites against patched packages. The package implements namespace surgery techniques that allow internal callers to automatically see patched functions.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("hotpatchR", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-hotpatchr

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-hotpatchR

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-hotpatchR

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.0 min · r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.16

67.0%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

1

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-25
5 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 436 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 83%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

1.2K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #10,440 · ~3/day · ~98/mo

Releases R versions

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11930 days

95690 days

1.2K1 year

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (1)

testthat

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (3)

knitr rmarkdown pkgdown

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

David Munoz Tord

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

David Munoz Tord

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

0.1.0Latest
2026-04-25 · current release
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-04-25
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Start here. This is the citation for the package itself.

citation("hotpatchR")

CRAN DOI

https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.hotpatchR

BibTeX, derived from DESCRIPTION

@Manual{hotpatchR,
  title  = {hotpatchR: Runtime Namespace Patching Utilities for R Packages},
  author = {Munoz Tord, David},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {R package version 0.1.0},
  doi    = {10.32614/CRAN.package.hotpatchR},
  url    = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=hotpatchR}
}

Derived from the package DESCRIPTION, not from a citation file the authors wrote. If they publish one later, prefer it.

This is the citation for the package. It is not a citation for the R Observatory.

Cite this page

Use this when the claim is about a measurement on this page.

BibTeX

@misc{robservatoryhotpatchR,
  author    = {Balamuta, James Joseph},
  title     = {{R} {Observatory}: Metrics for {hotpatchR} version 0.1.0},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {HJJB, LLC},
  url       = {https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/hotpatchR},
  note      = {Data set. Data release v2026-08-05}
}

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for hotpatchR version 0.1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-05. https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/hotpatchR

RIS

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AU  - Balamuta, James Joseph
TI  - R Observatory: Metrics for hotpatchR version 0.1.0
PY  - 2026
PB  - HJJB, LLC
N1  - Data release v2026-08-05
UR  - https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/hotpatchR
ER  -

In prose

These package metrics were obtained from the R Observatory (Balamuta, 2026), data release v2026-08-05, https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/hotpatchR.

Bound to data release v2026-08-05, which is what makes the numbers on this page reproducible. See how to cite.

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