usethis is a workflow package: it automates repetitive tasks that arise during project setup and development, both for R packages and non-package projects.
Install the released version of usethis from CRAN:
install.packages("usethis")
Or install the development version from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools") devtools::install_github("r-lib/usethis")
Most use_*()
functions operate on the active project: literally, a directory on your computer. If youβve just used usethis to create a new package or project, that will be the active project. Otherwise, usethis verifies that current working directory is or is below a valid project directory and that becomes the active project. Use proj_get()
or proj_sitrep()
to manually query the project and read more in the docs.
A few usethis functions have no strong connections to projects and will expect you to provide a path.
usethis is quite chatty, explaining what itβs doing and assigning you tasks. β
indicates something usethis has done for you. β
indicates that youβll need to do some work yourself.
Below is a quick look at how usethis can help to set up a package. But remember, many usethis functions are also applicable to analytical projects that are not packages.
library(usethis) # Create a new package ------------------------------------------------- path <- file.path(tempdir(), "mypkg") create_package(path) #> β Creating '/var/folders/yx/3p5dt4jj1019st0x90vhm9rr0000gn/T/RtmpWNMVxG/mypkg/' #> β Setting active project to '/private/var/folders/yx/3p5dt4jj1019st0x90vhm9rr0000gn/T/RtmpWNMVxG/mypkg' #> β Creating 'R/' #> β Writing 'DESCRIPTION' #> Package: mypkg #> Title: What the Package Does (One Line, Title Case) #> Version: 0.0.0.9000 #> Authors@R (parsed): #> * First Last <first.last@example.com> [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/YOUR-ORCID-ID>) #> Description: What the package does (one paragraph). #> License: What license it uses #> Encoding: UTF-8 #> LazyData: true #> β Writing 'NAMESPACE' #> β Setting active project to '<no active project>' # only needed since this session isn't interactive proj_activate(path) #> β Changing working directory to '/var/folders/yx/3p5dt4jj1019st0x90vhm9rr0000gn/T/RtmpWNMVxG/mypkg/' #> β Setting active project to '/private/var/folders/yx/3p5dt4jj1019st0x90vhm9rr0000gn/T/RtmpWNMVxG/mypkg' # Modify the description ---------------------------------------------- use_mit_license("My Name") #> β Setting License field in DESCRIPTION to 'MIT + file LICENSE' #> β Writing 'LICENSE.md' #> β Adding '^LICENSE\\.md$' to '.Rbuildignore' #> β Writing 'LICENSE' use_package("MASS", "Suggests") #> β Adding 'MASS' to Suggests field in DESCRIPTION #> β Use `requireNamespace("MASS", quietly = TRUE)` to test if package is installed #> β Then directly refer to functons like `MASS::fun()` (replacing `fun()`). # Set up various packages --------------------------------------------- use_roxygen_md() #> β Setting Roxygen field in DESCRIPTION to 'list(markdown = TRUE)' #> β Setting RoxygenNote field in DESCRIPTION to '6.1.1' #> β Run `devtools::document()` use_rcpp() #> β Creating 'src/' #> β Adding '*.o', '*.so', '*.dll' to 'src/.gitignore' #> β Copy and paste the following lines into '/private/var/folders/yx/3p5dt4jj1019st0x90vhm9rr0000gn/T/RtmpWNMVxG/mypkg/R/mypkg-package.R': #> ## usethis namespace: start #> #' @useDynLib mypkg, .registration = TRUE #> ## usethis namespace: end #> NULL #> β Adding 'Rcpp' to LinkingTo field in DESCRIPTION #> β Adding 'Rcpp' to Imports field in DESCRIPTION #> β Copy and paste the following lines into '/private/var/folders/yx/3p5dt4jj1019st0x90vhm9rr0000gn/T/RtmpWNMVxG/mypkg/R/mypkg-package.R': #> ## usethis namespace: start #> #' @importFrom Rcpp sourceCpp #> ## usethis namespace: end #> NULL use_revdep() #> β Creating 'revdep/' #> β Adding '^revdep$' to '.Rbuildignore' #> β Adding 'checks', 'library', 'checks.noindex', 'library.noindex', 'data.sqlite', '*.html' to 'revdep/.gitignore' #> β Writing 'revdep/email.yml' #> β Run checks with `revdepcheck::revdep_check(num_workers = 4)` # Set up other files ------------------------------------------------- use_readme_md() #> β Writing 'README.md' use_news_md() #> β Writing 'NEWS.md' use_test("my-test") #> β Adding 'testthat' to Suggests field in DESCRIPTION #> β Creating 'tests/testthat/' #> β Writing 'tests/testthat.R' #> β Call `use_test()` to initialize a basic test file and open it for editing. #> β Increasing 'testthat' version to '>= 2.1.0' in DESCRIPTION #> β Writing 'tests/testthat/test-my-test.R' x <- 1 y <- 2 use_data(x, y) #> β Creating 'data/' #> β Saving 'x', 'y' to 'data/x.rda', 'data/y.rda' # Use git ------------------------------------------------------------ use_git() #> β Initialising Git repo #> β Adding '.Rhistory', '.RData', '.Rproj.user' to '.gitignore'
Please note that the usethis project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.
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