In jbryer/Rgitbook: Gitbook Projects with R Markdown

opts_knit$set(base.dir='./', fig.path='', out.format='md')
opts_chunk$set(prompt=TRUE, comment='', results='markup')
# See yihui.name/knitr/options for more Knitr options.
##### Put other setup R code here

Building R Markdown Files

NOTE: The buildRmd function will be called from the buildGitbook function by default and therefore it is not necessary to call this function directly. However, this page will describe the process.

The first step in building a Gitbook is to convert all R Markdown files to markdown. The buildRmd function will locate each .Rmd file in your project and build it using the knitr package. This function will also create a .rmdbuild file in the root of your Gitbook website. This file contains information about the last build. In short, this allows the buildRmd file to only rebuild files that have changed since the last build therefore substantially decreasing the amount of time it takes to rebuild your book.

buildRmd()

There are a number of parameters for the buildRmd function.

dir (default is getwd()) - Specifies the directory containing your book source files.
clean (defualt is FALSE) - If TRUE, all .Rmd files will be built even if they have not changed since the last build.
log.dir - If specified, the output from the knit process will be saved to a log file instead of the console. A seperate log file for each .Rmd file will be created.
log.ext (default is .txt) - The file extension for log files if used.
... Other parmaters passed to the knit function.