prj_start_package: Creates package structure inside the project.
In RSuite: Supports Developing, Building and Deploying R Solution

Description Usage Arguments Details See Also Examples

Creates package structure inside the project.

1 2	prj_start_package(name, prj = NULL, skip_rc = FALSE, tmpl = "builtin")

`name`	name of the package to create. It must not contain special characters like \/\"\'<> otherwise package folder could not be created. It must not contain _ also as it is requirement enforced on R package names. The folder must not exist. (type: character).
`prj`	project object to create the package in. If not passed will init project from working directory. (type: rsuite_project, default: NULL)
`skip_rc`	if TRUE skip adding package under revision control. (type: logical, default: FALSE)
`tmpl`	name of the package template (or path to it) to use for package structure creation. (type: character).

It fails if the package exists already in the project.

Logs all messages from the building process onto the rsuite logger. Use logging::setLevel to control logs verbosity. DEBUG level turns on building and downloading messages.

Package templates have to include the following files: DESCRIPTION, NAMESPACE, NEWS

Other in project management: prj_build, prj_clean_deps, prj_init, prj_install_deps, prj_load, prj_lock_env, prj_pack, prj_start, prj_unload, prj_zip

# create exemplary project base folder
prj_base <- tempfile("example_")
dir.create(prj_base, recursive = TRUE, showWarnings = FALSE)

# start project
prj <- prj_start("my_project", skip_rc = TRUE, path = prj_base)

# start package in it
prj_start_package("mypackage", prj = prj, skip_rc = TRUE)