- Added dplyr 1.2 update check to
upkeep_checklist()
- Added new renv 1.1.6 function
renv::vulns()tocheck_renv()andci()
- Updated
check_renv()andci(), replacingrenv::status(dev = TRUE)with new renv 1.1.6 settingrenv::settings$snapshot.dev(TRUE)
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Added instructions for YAML chunk syntax update to
upkeep_checklist() -
2026 Upkeep
- Added items for ggplot2 version 4 upgrade and switch to YAML chunk options to
upkeep_checklist()
- Updated for lintr 3.3.0
- Updated
use_rdev_pkgdown()to disable the newpkgdown::build_llm_docs()by default (updateuse_rdev_pkgdown())
- Minor updates to
upkeep_checklist(), GitHub Actions (missing-deps)
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Minor updates to
upkeep_checklist() -
Initial upkeep using
use_upkeep_issue() -
create_github_repo()now opens the new repository on both macOS and Windows
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Added functions
use_upkeep_issue()andupkeep_checklist(), used to open an issue in the package repository with a checklist of maintenance tasks, based onusethis::use_upkeep_issue()andusethis::use_tidy_upkeep_issue() -
Updated base GitHub Actions (
R-CMD-check,lint,missing-deps) (updateuse_rdev_package()) -
Updated code coverage GitHub Action (
test-coverage) (updateuse_codecov()) -
Updated Get Started vignette with additional notes on replacing RStudio with Positron
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Improved checks for
merge_release() -
Added new quarto .gitignore exclusions (update
use_analysis_package()) -
Updated Get Started vignette with current usethis advice on storing GitHub credentials
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Added utility function
package_type(): determine rdev package type -
Added an option to update the spelling
WORDLISTtoci()(on by default)
- Added function
use_gitattributes(): Install rdev .gitattributes template usingusethis::use_template()to set GitHub Linguist overrides
new_branch()now stashes untracked files
- Minor fixes
- Updated for R 4.5.0
- Updated for
lintr3.2.0 (updateuse_lintr())
- Minor updates
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rdev now depends on R >= 4.0.0
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use_analysis_package()now records dependency on R native pipes (R >= 4.1.0)
- Updated "Introduction to rdev" vignette,
vignette("rdev")
- Added support for Visual Studio Code (
languageserverpackage) by default
- Minor updates
- Enabled pkgdown "light switch" by default for packages using
use_rdev_pkgdown()
- Added function
package_downloads(): A wrapper forcranlogs::cran_downloads()that summarizes the number of package downloads from the RStudio CRAN mirror
- Minor updates
- Bug fixes
- Add support for single URL in DESCRIPTION
- Added support for private repositories to
use_rdev_package()
- Added support for creating private repositories to
create_github_repo()
- Updated for R 4.4.0
- Updated pkgdown templates (update:
use_rdev_pkgdown()oruse_analysis_package(use_quarto = FALSE))
- Updated GitHub Actions to work better with renv (update from https://github.com/jabenninghoff/rdev/tree/main/.github/workflows)
- Updated
R-CMD-check.yamlGitHub Action (update:use_rdev_package())
rdev now supports Quarto Documents (.qmd) as analysis notebooks:
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rmd_metadata()will extract the YAML front matter and description from Quarto format (.qmd) notebooks if_quarto.ymlis present -
build_quarto_site()now supports use of bothRmdand/orqmdnotebooks inanalysis -
spell_check_notebooks()andupdate_wordlist_notebooks()now check bothRmdandqmdfiles in theanalysisdirectory -
Updated
README.Rmdtemplate to list all.Rmdand.qmdnotebooks inanalysis -
Added reference Quarto Document analysis template to
inst/templates/analysis.qmd(RStudio currently doesn't support.qmdfiles as document templates) -
Updated vignettes
- Added an
unfreezeparameter tostage_release(), which is passed on tobuild_quarto_site()
- Maintenance updates
- Updated
build_rdev_site()andbuild_analysis_site()to usepkgdown::build_site_github_pages()instead ofpkgdown::build_site(), which disables Jekyll rendering and adds aCNAMEif needed
- Updated quarto configuration (update:
use_analysis_package())
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Added quarto themes (flatly, darkly) (update:
use_analysis_package()) -
Updated analysis template
- Maintenance updates
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Add new rdev hex sticker logo from stickers to
man/figures/logo.pngper roxygen2 and toREADME.Rmdper pkgdown -
Fixed bugs in
quickstartfunctions
- Updated TODO
- Updated
lintr.yamlGitHub Action to matchlint_all()(update: runuse_rdev_package())
lint_all()andstyle_all()now (properly) excludeR/RcppExports.R
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Updated manual tests
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Bug fixes
- Maintenance updates
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Adjusted Quarto margins in
_quarto.yml -
Added
?quickstartrdev Quick Start guide to creating a new rdev or analysis package and updated related functions (create_github_repo(),init(),setup_analysis()) and README -
Added function
setup_rdev(): set up an rdev package for traditional package development -
Added function
open_files(): open a standard set of files for editing in RStudio -
setup_analysis()andsetup_rdev()now callopen_files()if running in RStudio
- Check function arguments with checkmate
- Changed
use_analysis_package()to store_freezedirectory in git per Quarto guide
- Also set GitHub Pages URL in
use_rdev_pkgdown()
- Check if
pandocis inPATHon launch (update:use_rprofile())
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Added rendering fixes to
use_analysis_package()(update: re-runuse_analysis_package()and update notebooks from Analysis Notebook template) -
Added function
use_rdev_pkgdown(): add pkgdown with rdev customizations
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Added support for Visual Studio Code to
setup-r -
Quarto bug fixes
Added support for Quarto, including:
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New function
build_quarto_site(): a wrapper forquarto::quarto_render()that also updatesREADME.mdand optionally deletes the Quarto_freezedirectory to fully re-render the site -
New function
unfreeze(): delete the Quarto_freezedirectory to fully re-render the site whenquarto::quarto_render()is called -
Updated
stage_release()to runbuild_quarto_site()when using Quarto -
Updated
use_analysis_package()to use Quarto for publishing by default -
Added "quarto" package type to
local_temppkg()
Additional changes:
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Updated vignettes
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Added "Introduction to rdev" getting started vignette
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Added a
pkgdown::check_pkgdown()check toci()
- Updated
.lintrforlintr3.1.1 (updateuse_lintr())
- Updated installation instructions in README and templates to use
remotesinstead ofdevtools
- Updated
check_renv()andci()to userenv::status(dev = TRUE), added inrenv1.0.3
- Disabled use of Posit package manager in
R-CMD-check.yaml(updateuse_rdev_package())
- Updated
setup-rto userigfor installing and managing R versions
- Maintenance updates
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Replaced
check-standard.yamlwithR-CMD-check.yaml(updateuse_rdev_package()) -
Updated
.lintrforlintr3.1.0 (updateuse_lintr()) -
Updated spelling tests (update
use_spelling())
- Maintenance updates
- Added check to install pre-commit git hook if missing (update
use_rprofile())
extra_deps()no longer reports R as an extra package
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missing_deps()now excludes base R packages by default -
Added new checks to
ci():missing_deps(),desc::desc_normalize(),extra_deps(),url_check(), andhtml_url_check();ci()will stop ifmissing_deps()returns one or more rows -
Added
missing-deps.yamlGitHub Action
new_branch()now stashes and restores changes, so that theBump versioncommit just changes the version number inDESCRIPTION
missing_deps()andextra_deps()now automatically remove the current package andrenv(inrenv.lock) from the list ofrenv::dependencies()
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Update
build_analysis_site()and 'Analysis Notebook' R markdown template to use Bootstrap 5 usingbslib -
Update rdev pkgdown site to use Bootstrap 5
- Update options to enable warnings for all partial matches
- Add option to warn on partial $ matches
- Update
lint_all()to also check.Rpresfiles
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Add option to disable GitHub Pages in
use_rdev_package()withoptions(rdev.github.pages = FALSE) -
Use proper GitHub Pages URL with trailing "/"
- Minor maintenance updates
- Maintenance updates
- Minor updates to Style Guide
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Replace development lintr with CRAN release 3.0.0
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Add Style Guide vignette, describing rdev coding style, styler and lintr configuration
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Added styler cache options to
.Rprofiletemplate -
Imported
urlchecker::url_check(),urlchecker::url_update(), and added a new function,html_url_check(), to check URLs indocs/(replacesproof-docsscript) -
Replaced scripts in
tools/for automating package setup withinit(): run aftercreate_github_repo(), andsetup_analysis(): run afterinit() -
Moved
setup-rtoinst/bin -
Increased test coverage
- Clean up tests, standardize error messages
- Make rdev data.table aware
- Added scripts to
tools/to further automate package setup
- Updated lint workflow
- Updated for new linters
- Enable most linters in
inst/templates/lintr
- Normalize DESCRIPTION file
- Remove workaround for resolved upstream issue
- Added missing Suggests dependencies in setup functions
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Added functions to check dependencies:
missing_deps()reportsrenv::dependencies()not in DESCRIPTION,extra_deps()reportsdesc::desc_get_deps()not found by renv -
Added
renvcheck toci(): ifrenv::status()is not synchronized,ci()will stop
- Fix bugs in tests,
use_analysis_package()
- Fixed bug in lint workflow
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Updated
.Rprofileto load current package at start -
Updated for R version 4.2.0 (2022-04-22) -- "Vigorous Calisthenics"
- Updated GitHub workflows
- Added new test scripts for new package setup
- Fixed
ci()andstage_release()to correctly usegert::git_status()to determine if uncommitted changes exist (instead ofgert::git_diff_patch())
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Fixed
update_wordlist_notebooks(): removed duplicate words -
Update
use_spelling()to install test-spelling.R testthat template
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Added
update_wordlist_notebooks(): Update packageinst/WORDLISTwith words fromspell_check_notebooks() -
Updated
spell_check_notebooks()to use Language field inDESCRIPTIONby default
Added new options and features to support GitHub Enterprise.
Added settings, configured using options()
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rdev.host: set the default server forcreate_github_repo(),stage_release(),merge_release()(to support GitHub Enterprise) -
rdev.codecov: to disable codecov.io support inuse_codecov() -
rdev.dependabot: to disable support for Dependabot increate_github_repo() -
rdev.licenseandrdev.license.copyright: specify licenses forcreate_github_repo(),use_rdev_package() -
rdev.github.actions: to disable support for GitHub Actions increate_github_repo(),use_codecov(),use_rdev_package()
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create_github_repo()now supports creating repositories within organizations -
Updated
setup-rscript to include pkgdown
- Updated
stage_release()to runbuild_rdev_site()only when_pkgdown.ymlexists
- Updated
ci()to run spell check tests
- Fix bug in workaround for closed usethis issue #1568
- Updated
use_codecov()to usesort_rbuildignore()
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Implement workaround for closed usethis issue #1568
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use_analysis_package()now installs dplyr, used in theREADME.Rmdtemplate -
Documentation updates
create_github_repo()now adds branch protection to the default branch
- Added
spell_check_notebooks(): Perform a spell check on notebooks withspelling::spell_check_files().
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Fix R-CMD-check for Windows
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check_renv()now defaults to runningupdatewhen interactive
- Added additional automation to
ci():style_all()now runs automatically if there are no uncommitted changeslint_all()now runs by default and opens RStudio markers pane if any lints are found
- Minor updates to analysis README.Rmd template
rdev is now stable enough for a 1.0.0 release!
rdev provides functions and templates for:
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Release automation: Stage and create GitHub releases, including GitHub pages
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Continuous Integration: Local continuous integration checks and dependency management
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Package Setup: Package setup tasks, typically performed once
Changes since release 0.8.9:
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Add
use_spelling()anduse_codecov() -
Added
local_temppkg()test helper function -
Minor enhancements to
use_rdev_package(),use_analysis_package(),build_analysis_site(), README.Rmd templates -
Updated documentation
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Added manual test script for new package setup, increased test coverage
In ci():
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stylershould be set to automatically run if there are no uncommitted changes -
lintrshould stop execution and open RStudio markers if any lints are found -
ci()should runstylerandlintrby default
- Bug fixes for
use_rdev_package(),proof-docs
- Added
proof-docsscript to tools, checks docs directory using htmlproofer
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Moved
rmd_metadata()from README-analysis.Rmd to rdev package -
Increased test coverage, reorganized files
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Added code coverage using codecov.io, new tests for existing code
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Refactored
sort_file()
- Critical bug fix for
to_document()
- Updated
to_document()to parse yaml front matter and confirm the source file is a valid R Notebook
- Updated
use_rdev_package()to better conform to rdev conventions (README.Rmd, .git/hooks/pre-commit), support committing and error-freeci()immediately after it is run
- Updated
build_rdev_site()andbuild_analysis_site()to abort if there are missing topics in the pkgdown reference section
- Added
new_branch(): Create a new feature branch, and (optionally) bump the version in DESCRIPTION
Major update adding automation for GitHub releases.
Added functions to automate workflow for staging and creating releases on GitHub:
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stage_release(): Open a GitHub pull request for a new release from NEWS.md -
get_release(): Extract release version and release notes from NEWS.md. Called bystage_release()andmerge_release(). -
merge_release(): Merge a staged pull request and create a new GitHub release
- Updated and reorganized pkgdown reference page
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Updated
build_analysis_site()to rundevtools::build_readme()to regenerate the dynamic list of notebooks (in case new notebooks were added) -
Important update from renv 0.15.0 to 0.15.1
- Added info on dynamic notebook list to notebook template and Analysis Package Layout vignette
- Updated
use_analysis_package(): add dynamic notebook list toREADME.Rmdtemplate
Major update adding automation for creating rdev and R analysis packages.
Added functions to automate steps when creating new packages following rdev and optionally analysis package conventions:
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create_github_repo(): Create new GitHub repository following rdev conventions in the active user's account and create a basic package -
use_rdev_package(): Add rdev templates and settings within the active package. Normally invoked when first setting up a package. -
Install templates using
usethis::use_template():use_rprofile(),use_lintr(),use_todo(),use_package_r() -
Add functionality to
use_analysis_package(): also install the analysis packageREADME.Rmdtemplate -
Changed both
use_analysis_package()andbuild_analysis_site()to write_pkgdown.ymlto the project root and to store in GitHub to make projects discoverable by pkgdown. -
Updated
setup-rto install rdev and dependencies insite_library
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Added
build_rdev_site(), a wrapper forpkgdown::build_site()optimized for rdev workflow that updatesREADME.mdand performs a clean build using pkgdown -
Added 'Analysis Notebook' R markdown template for RStudio (File > New File > Rmarkdown > From Template)
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Migrated ggplot2 themes/styles (
theme_quo(),viridis_quo()) to new package,jabenninghoff/jbplot
- Add functionality to
use_analysis_package(): Create_base.ymlinpkgdownfrom the firstURLin the packageDESCRIPTIONfile.
- Critical bugfix for
use_analysis_package()
- Added
use_analysis_package(): Add the Analysis Package Layout to the current package
- Add options to
theme_quo()to disable bothpanel.grid.majorandpanel.grid.minorforxandy
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Disable
lintrby default inci(), since the normal workflow isstyle_all(),lint_all(), thenci() -
Documentation fixes
- Updated
theme_quo(): set base theme toggplot2::theme_minimal()and add parameters for disabling grid lines
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Added
theme_quo(): ggplot2 theme based onggplot2::theme_bw()and font Lato -
Added
viridis_quo(): Sets the default theme totheme_quo()and the default color scales toviridis -
maintenance
- maintenance release, update GitHub Actions
- Update
build_analysis_site()to work withpkgdownversion 2
- maintenance, update TODO with steps for manually setting up an Analysis Package
- maintenance release, update README and GitHub Actions
- bug fixes, maintenance
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Add
devtools::document()option toci(), turned on by default -
Add R Analysis Package layout definition, migrated from rtraining
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Update
ci()to usestyle_all()andlint_all()for consistency -
Add
importdirectory tobuild_analysis_site() -
minor updates, improved tests, maintenance
- maintenance release, updated for R 4.1.0
build_analysis_site(), new function migrated from rtraining: a wrapper forpkgdown::build_site()that adds an 'Analysis' menu containing rendered versions of all.Rmdfiles inanalysis/. It is still considered Experimental, due to lack of test coverage and some features that are not implemented, but should work for projects with limited pkgdown customization. The update also includes a function to convert notebooks tohtml_document,to_document().
- minor updates, maintenance
- bug fixes
- installing rdev will now automatically install preferred development tools as a 'meta-package' (like tidyverse), including: styler, lintr, rcmdcheck, renv, miniUI (for RStudio Addin support), devtools, and rmarkdown
- minor updates to package and site (https://jabenninghoff.github.io/rdev/)
- maintenance release
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ci(): updated to match my preferred GitHub workflow:use_github_action_check_standard()with--as-cranremoved -
documentation updates for all functions (style, links)
Initial GitHub release
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./tools/setup-r: shell script to install development packages to site repository on macOS + Homebrew -
check_renv(): convenience function that runsrenvstatus(),clean(), and optionallyupdate()(on by default). -
style_all(): style all.Rand.Rmdfiles in a project usingstyler -
lint_all(): lint all.Rand.Rmdfiles in a project usinglintr -
sort_file(): sort a file using Rsort(), similar to the unixsortcommand -
sort_rbuildignore(): sort the.Rbuildignorefile usingsort_file(), because unsorted is annoying -
ci(): run continuous integration tests locally: lint, R CMD check, and style (off by default).