dev_sitrep: Report package development situation

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Report package development situation

Description

Call this function if things seem weird and you're not sure what's wrong or how to fix it. It reports:

• If R is up to date.

• If RStudio or Positron is up to date.

• If compiler build tools are installed and available for use.

• If devtools and its dependencies are up to date.

• If the package's dependencies are up to date.

Usage

dev_sitrep(pkg = ".", debug = FALSE)

Arguments

pkg	The package to use, can be a file path to the package or a package object. See as.package() for more information.
debug	If TRUE, will print out extra information useful for debugging. If FALSE, it will use result cached from a previous run.

Value

A named list, with S3 class dev_sitrep (for printing purposes).

Examples

## Not run: 
dev_sitrep()

## End(Not run)

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