pac_description: package DESCRIPTION file

In pacs: Supplementary Tools for R Packages Developers

package DESCRIPTION file

Description

CRAN package DESCRIPTION file taken locally or remotely from GITHUB CRAN mirror or CRAN website. By default works for the newest package version.

Usage

pac_description(
  pac,
  version = NULL,
  at = NULL,
  local = FALSE,
  lib.loc = .libPaths(),
  repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
)

Arguments

pac	character a package name.
version	character version of a package. Default: NULL
at	Date from which to take the version. Default: NULL
local	logical if to use local repository (or newest remote packages). Default: FALSE
lib.loc	character vector of search paths with local packages. Default: .libPaths()
repos	character vector repositories URLs to use. Used only for the validation. Default ⁠https://cran.rstudio.com/⁠

Value

list with names proper for DESCRIPTION file fields.

Note

Results are cached for 30 minutes with memoise package.

Examples

## Not run: 
pacs::pac_description("dplyr", version = "0.8.0")
pacs::pac_description("dplyr", at = as.Date("2019-02-01"))

## End(Not run)

pacs documentation built on Aug. 19, 2023, 1:08 a.m.