README.md

In simecek/maker: Calling make utility from R.

maker

After reading Karl Broman's tutorial initial steps toward reproducible research and minimal make I have been trying to adopt GNU make into my daily data-analytic routine for some time.

I have realized that my biggest obstacle to use make more often is that I need to keep a terminal open for it (since I am RStudio user). Also, I have found unpractical to use RStudio Build Tools, particularly if the project already uses them for building a web page or a package.

So, I have created this single purpose R package to call make directly from RStudio. As you might guess I am still make-novice, so any feedback is welcome (incl. OMG, why are you doing this or This is ridiculous!).

Installation

devtools::install_github("simecek/maker")

Usage

make("all")

I have used this package to preprocess data in The Aging Proteome project.

simecek/maker documentation built on May 29, 2019, 10:01 p.m.