devtools (version 1.12.0)

create_description: Create a default DESCRIPTION file for a package.

Description

Create a default DESCRIPTION file for a package.

Usage

create_description(path = ".", extra = getOption("devtools.desc"), quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

path

path to package root directory

extra

a named list of extra options to add to ‘DESCRIPTION’. Arguments that take a list

quiet

if TRUE, suppresses output from this function.

Details

To set the default author and licenses, set options devtools.desc.author and devtools.desc.license. I use

options(devtools.desc.author = '"Hadley Wickham  [aut,cre]"',
  devtools.desc.license = "GPL-3")

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