Initialize renv infrastructure (cynkra way) — init

Initializes renv setup by setting a predefined RStudio Package Manager (RSPM) snapshot. Custom RSPM Snapshots can be configured via snapshot_date.

Usage

init_renv(snapshot_date = NULL, exclude = NULL, convenience_pkgs = FALSE)

Arguments

snapshot_date

[Date]
A valid RSPM snapshot date. By default the "recommended" date from get_snapshots() for the respective R version is chosen.

exclude

[character]
Packages to exclude from renv::install(). Useful if a package is not available in the available repositories (check with getOption("repos") to prevent init_renv() to fail. This should only be a temporary workaround - consider making local packages available in a minicran-like repository.

convenience_pkgs

[logical]
Install additional opinionated convenience packages? The following packages would be installed:

usethis
styler
gert
krlmlr/fledge

Details

During the process, the latest CRAN version of renv will be installed, regardless of the chosen snapshot ID.

The heuristic for setting the correct RSPM binary repo currently only supports Windows, macOS and Ubuntu 20.04.

The initialization mostly runs in clean vanilla sessions started with callr::r_vanilla().

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
init_renv()
} # }