The kitten function creates an (almost) empty example
package.
kitten(name = "anRpackage", path = ".", author, maintainer, email,
license = "GPL (>= 2)")The name of the package to be created, defaults to “anPackage”
The path to the location where the package is to be created, defaults to the current directory.
The name of the author, defaults to the result of
fullname.
The name of the maintainer, also defaults to
fullname or author if the latter is given.
The maintainer email address, defaults to
email_address.
The license of the new package, default to “GPL-2”.
Nothing is returned as the function is invoked for its side effect of creating a new package.
The kitten function can be used to initialize a simple
package. It is created with the minimal number of files. What
distinguished it from the function package.skeleton() in
base R (which it actually calls) is that the resulting package
passes R CMD check cleanly.
Because every time you create a new package which does not
pass R CMD check, a kitten experiences an existential
trauma. Just think about the kittens.