R/description.R

Defines functions renv_description_remotes renv_description_built_version renv_description_resolve renv_description_parse_field renv_description_read_impl renv_description_read

renv_description_read <- function(path = NULL,
                                  package = NULL,
                                  subdir = NULL,
                                  field = NULL,
                                  ...)
{
  # if given a package name, construct path to that package
  if (is.null(path)) {
    path <- renv_package_find_impl(package, compat = TRUE)
    if (!nzchar(path))
      stopf("package '%s' is not installed", package)
  }

  # normalize non-absolute paths
  if (!renv_path_absolute(path))
    path <- renv_path_normalize(path)

  # if 'path' refers to a directory, try to resolve the DESCRIPTION file
  if (dir.exists(path)) {
    components <- c(path, if (nzchar(subdir %||% "")) subdir, "DESCRIPTION")
    path <- paste(components, collapse = "/")
  }

  # if the DESCRIPTION file doesn't exist, bail
  if (!file.exists(path))
    stopf("DESCRIPTION file %s does not exist", renv_path_pretty(path))

  # read value with filebacked cache
  description <- filebacked(
    context  = "renv_description_read",
    path     = path,
    callback = renv_description_read_impl,
    subdir   = subdir,
    ...
  )

  if (!is.null(field))
    return(description[[field]])

  description

}

renv_description_read_impl <- function(path = NULL, subdir = NULL, ...) {

  # if we have an archive, attempt to unpack the DESCRIPTION
  type <- renv_archive_type(path)
  if (type != "unknown") {

    # list files within the archive
    files <- renv_archive_list(path)

    # find the DESCRIPTION file. note that for some source tarballs (e.g.
    # those from GitHub) the first entry may not be the package name, so
    # just consume everything up to the first slash
    subdir <- subdir %||% ""

    # tolerate leading './' components in the archive paths
    # https://github.com/rstudio/renv/issues/1852
    prefix <- "^(?:\\./)*[^/]+"

    # build pattern looking for the DESCRIPTION file
    parts <- c(prefix, if (nzchar(subdir)) subdir, "DESCRIPTION$")
    pattern <- paste(parts, collapse = "/")

    descs <- grep(pattern, files, perl = TRUE, value = TRUE)
    if (empty(descs)) {
      fmt <- "archive '%s' does not appear to contain a DESCRIPTION file"
      stopf(fmt, renv_path_aliased(path))
    }

    # choose the shortest DESCRPITION file matching
    file <- descs[[which.min(nchar(descs))]]

    # unpack into tempdir location
    exdir <- renv_scope_tempfile("renv-description-")
    renv_archive_decompress(path, files = file, exdir = exdir)

    # update path to extracted DESCRIPTION
    path <- file.path(exdir, file)

  }

  # read DESCRIPTION as dcf
  dcf <- renv_dcf_read(path, ...)
  if (empty(dcf))
    stopf("DESCRIPTION file at '%s' is empty", path)

  dcf

}

# parse the dependency requirements normally presented in
# Depends, Imports, Suggests, and so on
renv_description_parse_field <- function(field) {

  # handle list inputs (e.g. from v2 lockfile records where
  # dependency fields are stored as JSON arrays)
  if (is.list(field))
    field <- paste(field, collapse = ", ")

  # check for invalid / unexpected inputs
  if (is.null(field) || is.na(field) || !nzchar(field))
    return(NULL)

  pattern <- paste0(
    "^\\s*",                                  # leading whitespace
    "([a-zA-Z0-9._]+)",                       # package name
    "(?:\\s*\\(([><=]+)\\s*([0-9.-]+)\\))?",  # optional version specification
    "\\s*$"                                   # trailing whitespace
  )

  # split on commas
  x <- strsplit(field, ",", fixed = TRUE)[[1L]]

  # drop any empty fields
  x <- x[nzchar(x)]
  if (empty(x))
    return(NULL)

  data_frame(
    Package = sub(pattern, "\\1", x, perl = TRUE),
    Require = sub(pattern, "\\2", x, perl = TRUE),
    Version = sub(pattern, "\\3", x, perl = TRUE)
  )

}

renv_description_resolve <- function(path) {

  case(
    is.list(path)      ~ path,
    is.character(path) ~ renv_description_read(path = path)
  )

}

renv_description_built_version <- function(desc = NULL) {

  desc <- renv_description_resolve(desc)

  built <- desc[["Built"]]
  if (is.null(built))
    return(NA)

  substring(built, 3L, regexpr(";", built, fixed = TRUE) - 1L)
}

renv_description_remotes <- function(path) {

  desc <- catch(renv_description_read(path))
  if (inherits(desc, "error"))
    return(list())

  profile <- renv_profile_get()
  field <- if (is.null(profile))
    "Remotes"
  else
    sprintf("Config/renv/profiles/%s/remotes", profile)

  remotes <- desc[[field]]
  if (is.null(remotes))
    return(list())

  # if possible, resolve remotes lazily
  splat <- strsplit(remotes, "[[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*")[[1]]
  remotes <- lapply(splat, function(spec) {

    # if this is a named remote, we can resolve it lazily
    idx <- c(regexpr("=", spec, fixed = TRUE))
    result <- if (idx == -1L) {
      remote <- renv_remotes_resolve(spec)
      list(Package = remote$Package, Remote = remote)
    } else {
      package <- substring(spec, 1L, idx - 1L)
      list(Package = package, Remote = function() renv_remotes_resolve(spec))
    }

  })

  # put together into named list
  records <- map(remotes, `[[`, 2L)
  names(records) <- map_chr(remotes, `[[`, 1L)
  records

}

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renv documentation built on Aug. 4, 2026, 1:09 a.m.