Package: desc 1.4.3.9000

Gábor Csárdi

desc: Manipulate DESCRIPTION Files

Tools to read, write, create, and manipulate DESCRIPTION files. It is intended for packages that create or manipulate other packages.

Authors:Gábor Csárdi [aut, cre], Kirill Müller [aut], Jim Hester [aut], Maëlle Salmon [ctb], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd]

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NEWS

# Install desc in R:
install.packages('desc', repos = c('https://r-lib.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Peer review:

Bug tracker:https://github.com/r-lib/desc/issues

On CRAN:

59 exports 121 stars 17.25 score 2 dependencies 4533 dependents 2 mentions 513.7k downloads

Last updated 7 months agofrom:22c0258145

Exports:check_fieldcran_ascii_fieldscran_valid_fieldsdep_typesdescdesc_add_authordesc_add_author_ghdesc_add_medesc_add_orciddesc_add_remotesdesc_add_roledesc_add_to_collatedesc_add_urlsdesc_bump_versiondesc_change_maintainerdesc_clear_remotesdesc_clear_urlsdesc_coerce_authors_at_rdesc_deldesc_del_authordesc_del_collatedesc_del_depdesc_del_depsdesc_del_from_collatedesc_del_remotesdesc_del_roledesc_del_urlsdesc_fieldsdesc_getdesc_get_authordesc_get_authorsdesc_get_builtdesc_get_collatedesc_get_depsdesc_get_fielddesc_get_listdesc_get_maintainerdesc_get_or_faildesc_get_remotesdesc_get_urlsdesc_get_versiondesc_has_depdesc_has_fieldsdesc_normalizedesc_printdesc_reformat_fieldsdesc_reorder_fieldsdesc_setdesc_set_authorsdesc_set_collatedesc_set_depdesc_set_depsdesc_set_listdesc_set_remotesdesc_set_urlsdesc_set_versiondesc_to_latexdesc_validatedescription

Dependencies:cliR6

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Syntactical check of a DESCRIPTION fieldcheck_field
The DESCRIPTION fields that are supposed to be in plain ASCII encodingcran_ascii_fields
A list of DESCRIPTION fields that are valid according to the CRAN checkscran_valid_fields
DESCRIPTION fields that denote package dependenciesdep_types
Read a DESCRIPTION filedesc
Add an author to Authors@R in DESCRIPTIONdesc_add_author
Add a GitHub user as an author to DESCRIPTIONdesc_add_author_gh
Add the current user as an author to DESCRIPTIONdesc_add_me
Add an ORCID to one or more authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTIONdesc_add_orcid
Add locations in the Remotes field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_add_remotes
Add a role to one or more authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTIONdesc_add_role
Add one or more files to the Collate field, in DESCRIPTIONdesc_add_to_collate
Add URLs to the URL field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_add_urls
Increase the version number in DESCRIPTIONdesc_bump_version
Change maintainer of the package, in DESCRIPTIONdesc_change_maintainer
Remove all locations from the Remotes field of DESCRIPTIONdesc_clear_remotes
Remove all URLs from the URL field of DESCRIPTIONdesc_clear_urls
Coerce Author and Maintainer Fields to Authors@Rdesc_coerce_authors_at_r
Remove fields from a DESCRIPTION filedesc_del
Remove one or more authors from DESCRIPTION.desc_del_author
Delete the Collate field from DESCRIPTIONdesc_del_collate
Remove a package dependency from DESCRIPTIONdesc_del_dep
Remove all dependencies from DESCRIPTIONdesc_del_deps
Remove files from the Collate field.desc_del_from_collate
Delete locations from the Remotes field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_del_remotes
Delete a role of an author, in DESCRIPTIONdesc_del_role
Delete URLs from the URL field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_del_urls
List all fields in a DESCRIPTION filedesc_fields
Get a field from a DESCRIPTION filedesc_get
Query authors by role in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTIONdesc_get_author
Query all authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTIONdesc_get_authors
Query the built field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_get_built
Query the Collate field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_get_collate
List all package dependencies from a DESCRIPTION filedesc_get_deps
Get a single field from a DESCRIPTION file, fail if not founddesc_get_field desc_get_list desc_get_or_fail
Query the package maintainer in DESCRIPTIONdesc_get_maintainer
List the locations in the Remotes field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_get_remotes
Query the URL field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_get_urls
Query the package version in DESCRIPTIONdesc_get_version
Check for a dependencydesc_has_dep
Check if some fields are present in a DESCRIPTION filedesc_has_fields
Normalize a DESCRIPTION filedesc_normalize
Print the contents of a DESCRIPTION file to the screendesc_print
Reformat fields in a DESCRIPTION filedesc_reformat_fields
Reorder fields in a DESCRIPTION filedesc_reorder_fields
Set one or more fields in a DESCRIPTION filedesc_set desc_set_list
Set authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTIONdesc_set_authors
Set the Collate field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_set_collate
Add a package dependency to a DESCRIPTION filedesc_set_dep
Set all package dependencies in DESCRIPTIONdesc_set_deps
Set the Remotes field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_set_remotes
Set the URL field in DESCRIPTIONdesc_set_urls
Set the package version in DESCRIPTIONdesc_set_version
Converts a DESCRIPTION file to LaTeXdesc_to_latex
Validate a DESCRIPTION filedesc_validate
Read, write, update, validate DESCRIPTION filesdescription