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Renders an executable README, i.e. README.qmd or README.Rmd, to README.md. Specifically, build_readme():

  • Installs a copy of the package's current source to a temporary library

  • Renders the README in a clean R session

Usage

build_readme(path = ".", quiet = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

path

Path to the top-level directory of the source package.

quiet

If TRUE, suppresses most output. Set to FALSE if you need to debug.

...

Additional arguments passed to rmarkdown::render(), in the case of README.Rmd. Not used for README.qmd