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Runs diagnostics against the package DESCRIPTION file. Fields are parsed with base::read.dcf() so that multi-line fields like Description and Title are inspected in full, not just their first physical line.

Usage

diagnose_description_issues(path = ".", verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

path

Character. Path to the R package directory. Default: ".".

verbose

Logical. Whether to print diagnostic output. Default: TRUE.

Value

List containing one named element per check. Each element is a list with at least passed, issues, and message (see checktor_check_result()).

See also

checktor() for complete package diagnostics

Examples

pkg_path <- example_diagnose_scenario("description_examples/bad_description.txt",
                                      show_content = FALSE)
results <- diagnose_description_issues(pkg_path, verbose = FALSE)
issues(results)     # description-field problems, if any
#>                     check severity file line
#> 1          software_names   policy <NA>   NA
#> 2                acronyms  opinion <NA>   NA
#> 3                 license   policy <NA>   NA
#> 4              title_case   policy <NA>   NA
#> 5                 authors   policy <NA>   NA
#> 6                cph_role  opinion <NA>   NA
#> 7 description_starts_with   policy <NA>   NA
#>                                                                             location
#> 1                                    Description: ggplot2 should be in single quotes
#> 2                                                                                 ML
#> 3                               License points at a LICENSE file that does not exist
#> 4 Title is not in title case. R would write it as: Example Package for Data Analysis
#> 5                                                            Missing Authors@R field
#> 6                                                                  Authors@R missing
#> 7    Description should not start with "This package"; describe what it does instead
#>                     message
#> 1      Software names check
#> 2            Acronyms check
#> 3             License check
#> 4          Title case check
#> 5     Authors@R field check
#> 6            cph role check
#> 7 Description opening check