usethis (version 1.2.0)

use_readme_rmd: Create README files.

Description

Creates skeleton README files with sections for

  • a high-level description of the package and its goals

  • R code to install from GitHub, if GitHub usage detected

  • a basic example

Use Rmd if you want a rich intermingling of code and data. Use md for a basic README. README.Rmd will be automatically added to .Rbuildignore. The resulting README is populated with default YAML frontmatter and R fenced code blocks (md) or chunks (Rmd).

Usage

use_readme_rmd(open = interactive())

use_readme_md(open = interactive())

Arguments

open

Open the newly created file for editing? Happens in RStudio, if applicable, or via utils::file.edit() otherwise.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
use_readme_rmd()
use_readme_md()
# }

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