tinypkgr

Minimal R package development utilities - base R + curl.

What it does

tinypkgr provides lightweight wrappers around R CMD INSTALL, R CMD check, and CRAN submission utilities.

Installation

remotes::install_github("cornball-ai/tinypkgr")

Usage

For creating a new package skeleton, use pkgKitten:

pkgKitten::kitten("mypkg")

Development

library(tinypkgr)

# Source all R files for interactive development
load_all()

# Install package
install()

# Reinstall and reload
reload()

# Run R CMD check
check()

CRAN Release

# Build tarball
build()

# Test on Windows
check_win_devel()

# Submit to CRAN
submit_cran()

Functions

Function Purpose
use_version() Bump DESCRIPTION version + NEWS.md header
use_github_action() Write .github/workflows/ci.yaml (r-ci)
install() R CMD INSTALL wrapper
load_all() Source R/ files for dev
reload() Reinstall and reload
check() R CMD check wrapper
build() R CMD build wrapper
maintainer() Extract maintainer from DESCRIPTION
check_win_devel() Upload to win-builder
submit_cran() Submit to CRAN

Philosophy

Follows tinyverse principles. Only dependency is curl (for CRAN/win-builder uploads).

License

GPL-3