* Add management functions for global configuration: XGBSetGlobalConfig(), XGBGetGlobalConfig().
* Add Python interface: set_config(), get_config(), and config_context().
* Add unit tests for Python
* Add R interface: xgb.set.config(), xgb.get.config()
* Add unit tests for R
Co-authored-by: Jiaming Yuan <jm.yuan@outlook.com>
* [R] Fix empty empty tests and a test warnings
* [R] Remove stringi dependency (fix#5905)
* Fix R lint check
* [R] Fix automatic conversion to factor in R < 4.0.0 in xgb.model.dt.tree
* Add `R` Makefile variable
Co-authored-by: Philip Hyunsu Cho <chohyu01@cs.washington.edu>
* fix rebase conflict
* [core] additional gblinear improvements
* [R] callback for gblinear coefficients history
* force eta=1 for gblinear python tests
* add top_k to GreedyFeatureSelector
* set eta=1 in shotgun test
* [core] fix SparsePage processing in gblinear; col-wise multithreading in greedy updater
* set sorted flag within TryInitColData
* gblinear tests: use scale, add external memory test
* fix multiclass for greedy updater
* fix whitespace
* fix typo
* [R] fix predict contributions for data with no colnames
* [R] add a render parameter for xgb.plot.multi.trees; fixes#2628
* [R] update Rd's
* [R] remove unnecessary dep-package from R cmake install
* silence type warnings; readability
* [R] silence complaint about incomplete line at the end
* [R] initial version of xgb.plot.shap()
* [R] more work on xgb.plot.shap
* [R] enforce black font in xgb.plot.tree; fixes#2640
* [R] if feature names are available, check in predict that they are the same; fixes#2857
* [R] cran check and lint fixes
* remove tabs
* [R] add references; a test for plot.shap
* [R] add native routines registration
* c_api.h needs to include <cstdint> since it uses fixed width integer types
* [R] use registered native routines from R code
* [R] bump version; add info on native routine registration to the contributors guide
* make lint happy
* [R] make sure things work for a single split model; fixes#2191
* [R] add option use_int_id to xgb.model.dt.tree
* [R] add example of exporting tree plot to a file
* [R] set save_period = NULL as default in xgboost() to be the same as in xgb.train; fixes#2182
* [R] it's a good practice after CRAN releases to bump up package version in dev
* [R] allow xgb.DMatrix construction from integer dense matrices
* [R] xgb.DMatrix: silent parameter; improve documentation
* [R] xgb.model.dt.tree code style changes
* [R] update NEWS with parameter changes
* [R] code safety & style; handle non-strict matrix and inherited classes of input and model; fixes#2242
* [R] change to x.y.z.p R-package versioning scheme and set version to 0.6.4.3
* [R] add an R package versioning section to the contributors guide
* [R] R-package/README.md: clean up the redundant old installation instructions, link the contributors guide
* [R] xgb.save must work when handle in nil but raw exists
* [R] print.xgb.Booster should still print other info when handle is nil
* [R] rename internal function xgb.Booster to xgb.Booster.handle to make its intent clear
* [R] rename xgb.Booster.check to xgb.Booster.complete and make it visible; more docs
* [R] storing evaluation_log should depend only on watchlist, not on verbose
* [R] reduce the excessive chattiness of unit tests
* [R] only disable some tests in windows when it's not 64-bit
* [R] clean-up xgb.DMatrix
* [R] test xgb.DMatrix loading from libsvm text file
* [R] store feature_names in xgb.Booster, use them from utility functions
* [R] remove non-functional co-occurence computation from xgb.importance
* [R] verbose=0 is enough without a callback
* [R] added forgotten xgb.Booster.complete.Rd; cran check fixes
* [R] update installation instructions
* [R] do not remove zero coefficients from gblinear dump
* [R] switch from stringr to stringi
* fix#1399
* [R] separate ggplot backend, add base r graphics, cleanup, more plots, tests
* add missing include in amalgamation - fixes building R package in linux
* add forgotten file
* [R] fix DESCRIPTION
* [R] fix travis check issue and some cleanup
