use_github_action_pkgcheck: Use pkgcheck Github Action

In pkgcheck: Package Checks for 'rOpenSci'

Use pkgcheck Github Action

Description

Creates a Github workflow file in dir integrate pkgcheck() into your CI.

Usage

use_github_action_pkgcheck(
  dir = ".github/workflows",
  overwrite = FALSE,
  file_name = "pkgcheck.yaml",
  branch = gert::git_branch(),
  inputs = NULL
)

Arguments

dir	Directory the file is written to.
overwrite	Overwrite existing file?
file_name	Name of the workflow file.
branch	Name of git branch for checks to run; defaults to currently active branch.
inputs	Named list of inputs to the ropensci-review-tools/pkgcheck-action. See details below.

Details

For more information on the action and advanced usage visit the action repository.

Value

The path to the new file, invisibly.

Inputs

Inputs with description and default values. Pass all values as strings, see examples.

inputs:
  ref:
    description: "The ref to checkout and check. Set to empty string to skip checkout."
    default: "${{ github.ref }}"
    required: true
  post-to-issue:
    description: "Should the pkgcheck results be posted as an issue?"
    # If you use the 'pull_request' trigger and the PR is from outside the repo
    # (e.g. a fork), the job will fail due to permission issues
    # if this is set to 'true'. The default will prevent this.
    default: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
    required: true
  issue-title:
    description: "Name for the issue containing the pkgcheck results. Will be created or updated."
    # This will create a new issue for every branch, set it to something fixed
    # to only create one issue that is updated via edits.
    default: "pkgcheck results - ${{ github.ref_name }}"
    required: true
  summary-only:
    description: "Only post the check summary to issue. Set to false to get the full results in the issue."
    default: true
    required: true
  append-to-issue:
    description: "Should issue results be appended to existing issue, or posted in new issues."
    default: true
    required: true

See Also

Other github: get_default_github_branch(), get_latest_commit()

Examples

# These functions will by default create new files in the default `.dir`.
## Not run: 
f <- use_github_action_pkgcheck (inputs = list (`post-to-issue` = "false"))
readLines (f)

f <- use_github_action_pkgcheck (branch = "main")

## End(Not run)

pkgcheck documentation built on Oct. 13, 2026, 5:06 p.m.