fill_description: Fill DESCRIPTION file of the package
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fill_description

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Fill DESCRIPTION file of the package

Description

Fill DESCRIPTION file of the package

Usage

fill_description(pkg = ".", fields, overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

`pkg`	Path to package
`fields`	A named list of fields to add to DESCRIPTION, potentially overriding default values. See `use_description` for how you can set personalized defaults using package options
`overwrite`	Whether to overwrite existing DESCRIPTION

Value

Fill DESCRIPTION file with fields. Return path to file.

Examples

# Create a new project
dummypackage <- tempfile("dummy.package.desc")
dir.create(dummypackage)

fill_description(
  pkg = dummypackage,
  fields = list(
    Title = "Build A Package From Rmarkdown file",
    Description = paste(
      "Use Rmd First method to build your package.",
      "Start your package with documentation.",
      "Everything can be set from a Rmarkdown file in your project."
    ),
    `Authors@R` = c(
      person(
        "John",
        "Doe",
        email = "john@email.me",
        role = c("aut", "cre"),
        comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0000-0000-0000")
      )
    )
  )
)

# Delete dummy package
unlink(dummypackage, recursive = TRUE)

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