add_license_badge: Add a License badge

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Add a License badge

Description

This function adds or updates the License badge to the README.Rmd. This function reads the License field of the DESCRIPTION file. Ensure that this field is correctly defined. See add_license() for further detail.

This function requires the presence of a DESCRIPTION file at the project root. See add_description() for further detail.

Make sure that 1) a README.Rmd file exists at the project root and 2) it contains a block starting with the line ⁠<!-- badges: start -->⁠ and ending with the line ⁠<!-- badges: end -->⁠.

Don't forget to re-render the README.md.

Usage

add_license_badge(quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

quiet

A logical value. If TRUE messages are deleted. Default is FALSE.

Value

A badge as a markdown expression.

See Also

Other adding badges: add_codecov_badge(), add_cran_badge(), add_dependencies_badge(), add_github_actions_check_badge(), add_github_actions_codecov_badge(), add_github_actions_pkgdown_badge(), add_lifecycle_badge(), add_repostatus_badge()

Examples

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add_license_badge()

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