setupProj: Setup project folder structure

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Setup project folder structure

Description

Defines folder structures and creates them if necessary, loads libraries, and sets other project relevant parameters.

Usage

setupProj(
  root_folder = tempdir(),
  folders = c("data", "data/tmp"),
  code_subfolder = NULL,
  global = FALSE,
  libs = NULL,
  setup_script = "000_setup.R",
  fcts_folder = NULL,
  source_functions = !is.null(fcts_folder),
  standard_setup = NULL,
  create_folders = TRUE
)

Arguments

root_folder	root directory of the project.
folders	list of sub folders within the project directory.
code_subfolder	sub folders for scripts and functions within the project directory that will be created. The folders src, src/functions and src/config are recommended.
global	logical: export path strings as global variables?
libs	vector with the names of libraries
setup_script	Name of the installation script that contains all the settings required for the project, such as additional libraries, optional settings, colour schemes, etc. Important: It should not be used to control the runtime parameters of the scripts. This file is not read in automatically, even if it is located in the "fcts_folder" folder.
fcts_folder	path of the folder holding the functions. All files in this folder will be sourced at project start.
source_functions	logical: should functions be sourced? Default is TRUE if fcts_folder exists.
standard_setup	select one of the predefined settings c("base", "baseSpatial", "advancedSpatial"). In this case, only the name of the base folder is required, but individual additional folders can be specified under 'folders' name of the git repository must be supplied to the function.
create_folders	default is TRUE so create folders if not existing already.

Value

A list containing the project settings.

Examples

## Not run: 
setupProj(
  root_folder = "~/edu", folders = c("data/", "data/tmp/"),
  libs = c("link2GI")
)

## End(Not run)

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