Numbered gt tables in rmarkdown

Question

I'd like to number my tables made with the gt package in rmarkdown rendered pdf.
What I've tried
In a markdown doc, defining a function f that increments a variable every time it is called:

---
title: "."
output: bookdown::pdf_document2
---

```{r}
library(gt)
.i <- 1
f <- function() {.i <<- .i + 1 ; as.character(.i)}
```
```{r numbered_kable}
knitr::kable(head(mtcars,2), caption = "bla")|> kableExtra::kable_styling(latex_options = "HOLD_position")
```
```{r numbered_but_ugly}
mtcars |> head(2) |> 
  gt() |>
  tab_header(
    glue::glue("{f()} blabla2")
  )
```

Which works, but is a bit involved if both figures and tables need to be numbered.
Question
What is the best way to number figures and tables in using the gt package?

Answer 1

There is a cross-referencing version that seems to be working

devtools::install_github("rstudio/gt", ref="eff3be7384365a44459691e49b9b740420cd0851")

-markdown code

---
title: "."
output: bookdown::pdf_document2
---

```{r}
library(gt)
library(dplyr)
```

```{r numbered_gt}
mtcars %>% 
 head(2) %>% 
  gt() %>%
  tab_header(title="blabla2",
         label="tab:tab1")
```

-output