new_project: Create a new project

In lehuynh: Le-Huynh Truc-Ly's R Code and Templates

Create a new project

Description

This function sets up a new project within an active R project for reproducible purposes.

Usage

new_project()

Details

The project includes:

• README.md: the top level description of content in the project

• Makefile

• different folders to hold all data, code, results of data analysis, and documents related to the project

• templates: manuscript.Rmd, code.R, etc.

Value

A project containing folders and files for reproducible purposes.

Note

The function should be executed within an active project.

Recommended workflow:

1. Create a GitHub repository for the new project. At Initialize this repository with a README, choose NO.

2. Create a new RStudio Project via ⁠git clone⁠.

3. Use function new_project() to generate folders and file templates.

References

Reproducibile Research Tutorial Series by Pat Schloss.

Examples

if(interactive()){
  new_project()
}

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