NEWS.md

In tinypkgr: Minimal R Package Development Utilities

tinypkgr 0.2.1

• Addressed CRAN resubmission feedback:
• Added references to the Description field: Wickham and Bryan (2023, ISBN:9781098134945), plus URLs for 'Writing R Extensions' and the 'CRAN' Repository Policy.
• Rewrote most \dontrun{} examples to be executable against a throwaway package in tempdir(), so they exercise the functions during R CMD check. Examples that genuinely cannot run under check (install(), reload(), check(), check_win_devel(), submit_cran()) now use \donttest{} + if (interactive()) and explain why.
• Aligned every write path with CRAN Repository Policy on the user's home filespace:
  • use_version() and use_github_action() now require an explicit path (no default), because they edit files under path and CRAN forbids defaulting write paths into the home filespace.
  • build() now defaults dest_dir to tools::R_user_dir("tinypkgr", "cache") (e.g. ~/.cache/R/tinypkgr/ on Linux), CRAN's recommended location for persistent per-package artifacts.
• Internal: R CMD invocations now use file.path(R.home("bin"), "R") instead of bare R on PATH, per 'Writing R Extensions' 1.6.

tinypkgr 0.2.0

• New use_version() bumps the DESCRIPTION Version field and prepends a matching NEWS.md section header. Supports patch, minor, major, and dev bumps. (For package skeleton creation, use pkgKitten::kitten().)
• New use_github_action() writes a .github/workflows/ci.yaml from the r-ci template (Ubuntu + macOS) and adds ^\.github$ to .Rbuildignore.

tinypkgr 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN release.
• Development utilities: install(), load_all(), reload(), check().
• Release utilities: build(), maintainer(), check_win_devel(), submit_cran().

tinypkgr documentation built on April 22, 2026, 9:07 a.m.