Creates a pre-populated project for DfE R

Usage

create_project(
  path,
  init_renv = TRUE,
  include_structure_for_pkg = FALSE,
  create_publication_proj = FALSE,
  include_github_gitignore,
  ...
)

Arguments

path: Path of the new project
init_renv: Boolean; initiate renv in the project. Default is set to true.
include_structure_for_pkg: Boolean; Additional folder structure for package development. Default is set to false.
create_publication_proj: Boolean; Should the folder structure be for a publication project. Default is set to false.
include_github_gitignore: Boolean; Should a strict .gitignore file for GitHub be created.
...: Additional parameters, currently not used

Value

No return values, the project and its contents are created

Details

This function creates a new project with a custom folder structure. It sets up the R/ folder and template function scripts, initializes {testthat} and adds tests for the function scripts, builds the core project structure, creates a .gitignore file, creates a readme, and optionally initializes {renv}.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{

# Call the function to create a new project
dfeR::create_project(
  path = "C:/path/to/your/new/project",
  init_renv = TRUE,
  include_structure_for_pkg = FALSE,
  create_publication_proj = FALSE,
  include_github_gitignore = TRUE
)
} # }