remove: Remove dependencies from a DESCRIPTION file

In zkamvar/diaper: A Lightweight Way To Catalogue Project Dependencies

Description

This function will remove any entries that don't belong in the description file, regardless of version number. This can be used to remove misspelled or unused dependencies.

Usage

remove(to_remove = c("utlis"), field = "Imports", file = "DESCRIPTION",
  write = FALSE)

Arguments

to_remove	a list of dependencies to remove
field	Which field should be modified (defaults to "Imports")
file	The DESCRIPTION file.
write	a logical. If 'TRUE', DESCRIPTION file will be overwritten, if 'FALSE', the file will be printed to screen.

Value

if 'write = TRUE', the specified file will be modified. If 'write = FALSE', the proposed changes.

Examples

tmp <- tempdir()
add(file = file.path(tmp, "DESCRIPTION"), write = TRUE)
write.dcf(read.dcf(file.path(tmp, "DESCRIPTION")))
remove("utils", file = file.path(tmp, "DESCRIPTION"))

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