news {newsmd}

Manipulate the NEWS.md file

Description

Manipulate the NEWS.md file.

Format

An R6 class.

Methods

Public methods

• news$new()

• news$print()

• news$get_text()

• news$write()

• news$add_version()

• news$add_subtitle()

• news$add_bullet()

• news$clone()

Method new()

Create a new news object.

Usage

news$new(
  text = c(paste0("## version ", version), "", "---", "", "### NEWS.md setup", "",
    "- added NEWS.md creation with [newsmd](https://github.com/Dschaykib/newsmd)", ""),
  version = "0.0.0.9000",
  file = NULL
)

Arguments

text

vector with context for the news.md file.

version

current version of the package.

file

a text file with the current news.md file. Use NULL to create new file.

Returns

A new 'news' object.

Method print()

Print a news object.

Usage

news$print()

Method get_text()

Get the news object as a text.

Usage

news$get_text()

Returns

The context of the news file.

Method write()

Write and save a news object.

Usage

news$write(file = "NEWS.md", reduce_dev = FALSE)

Arguments

file

A path and file to where the news file is saved.

reduce_dev

A boolean, if TRUE dev version's points are combined into the next version

Method add_version()

Adds a version line to a news object.

Usage

news$add_version(x)

Arguments

x

A string with the version number.

Method add_subtitle()

Adds a subtitle line to a news object.

Usage

news$add_subtitle(x)

Arguments

x

A string with the subtitle.

Method add_bullet()

Adds a bullet points to the last subtitle.

Usage

news$add_bullet(x)

Arguments

x

A vector with the bullet points.

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

news$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

See Also

newsmd

Examples

## Create a template
my_news <- news$new()
my_news$add_subtitle("improved things 1")
my_news$add_bullet("point 1")
my_news$add_bullet("point 2")