github markdown alerts + rmarkdown

Author: stevencarlislewalker

Makefile

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ png-readme:: misc/readme/*.png
 
 
 readme:: README.md
-README.md: README.Rmd misc/readme/*.svg R/*.R NAMESPACE
+README.md: README.Rmd R/*.R NAMESPACE
 	Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('README.Rmd')"
 	echo '<!-- Auto-generated - do not edit by hand -->' > temp
 	echo '<!-- Edit README.Rmd instead -->' | cat - $@ >> temp && mv temp $@

README.Rmd

@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ The [Public Health Risk Sciences Division](https://github.com/phac-nml-phrsd) at
 
 ## Installation
 
-> \\[!IMPORTANT\\]
+<!-- 
+please to not remove the two spaces at the end of the line that
+starts with > [!IMPORTANT].  Those spaces are important for
+making github markdown alerts and rmarkdown play nicely.
+-->
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]  
 > The standard recommended way to install `macpan2` 
 > is with the following command.
 

README.md

@@ -66,8 +66,15 @@ Agency of Canada](https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html) uses
 
 ## Installation
 
-> \\\[!IMPORTANT\\\] The standard recommended way to install `macpan2`
-> is with the following command.
+<!-- 
+please to not remove the two spaces at the end of the line that
+starts with > [!IMPORTANT].  Those spaces are important for
+making github markdown alerts and rmarkdown play nicely.
+-->
+
+> \[!IMPORTANT\]  
+> The standard recommended way to install `macpan2` is with the
+> following command.
 
     repos = c('https://canmod.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org')
     install.packages('macpan2', repos = repos)