fill_description {fusen}

Fill DESCRIPTION file of the package

Description

Fill DESCRIPTION file of the package

Usage

fill_description(pkg = ".", fields, overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

pkg

Path to package

fields

A named list of fields to add to DESCRIPTION, potentially overriding default values. See use_description for how you can set personalized defaults using package options

overwrite

Whether to overwrite existing DESCRIPTION

Value

Fill DESCRIPTION file with fields. Return path to file.

Examples

# Create a new project
dummypackage <- tempfile("dummy.package.desc")
dir.create(dummypackage)

fill_description(
  pkg = dummypackage,
  fields = list(
    Title = "Build A Package From Rmarkdown file",
    Description = paste(
      "Use Rmd First method to build your package.",
      "Start your package with documentation.",
      "Everything can be set from a Rmarkdown file in your project."
    ),
    `Authors@R` = c(
      person("John", "Doe",
        email = "[e-mail]",
        role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0000-0000-0000")
      )
    )
  )
)

# Delete dummy package
unlink(dummypackage, recursive = TRUE)