release: Release package to CRAN

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Release package to CRAN

Description

release() is deprecated in favour of usethis::use_release_issue(). We no longer feel confident recommending release() because we don't use it ourselves, so there's no guarantee that it will track best practices as they evolve over time.

If you want to programmatical submit to CRAN, you can continue to use submit_cran().

Usage

release(pkg = ".", check = FALSE, args = NULL)

Arguments

pkg	The package to use, can be a file path to the package or a package object. See as.package() for more information.
check	if TRUE, run checking, otherwise omit it. This is useful if you've just checked your package and you're ready to release it.
args	An optional character vector of additional command line arguments to be passed to ⁠R CMD build⁠.

See Also

usethis::use_release_issue() to create a checklist of release tasks that you can use in addition to or in place of release.

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