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https://github.com/dieghernan/cran-status-check

GitHub Action for checking R packages status on CRAN
https://github.com/dieghernan/cran-status-check

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GitHub Action for checking R packages status on CRAN

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# cran-status-check

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This action checks the CRAN status of a **R** package and optionally creates an
issue or make the action fail. Combined with CRON (see [how to set periodic runs
on GH
Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule)),
a **R** package developer can verify regularly if the package needs attention.

## Basic configuration

Create a file named `cran-status-check.yml` on a repo in the usual path for GH
actions (`.github/workflows`) with the following content:

``` yaml
name: check-cran-status

on:
push:
branches: [main, master]
schedule:
- cron: '0 6 * * 1,4' # Runs at 06:00 on Monday and Thursday, check https://crontab.guru/
jobs:
check:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions: write-all # This line is important for creating issues, should be on jobs or global
env:
GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3

- name: Check
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
```

## Inputs available

### Package inputs

- `path`: Default value `'.'` (root of the repo). Path to the **R** package
root, if the package is not at the top level of the repository.

``` yaml
- name: Check
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
with:
path: "Rpackage"
```

- `package`: Default value `''`. Name of the package to check. If provided, it
would have priority over the package on the repo defined on `path`. It is
useful for creating workflows than can check several packages

``` yaml

- name: Check dplyr
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
with:
package: "dplyr"

- name: Check ggplot2
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
with:
package: "ggplot2"
```

- `statuses`: Default value `'WARN,ERROR'`. CRAN status to check. This is a
comma-separated string of statuses. Allowed statuses are `'NOTE'`, `'WARN'`,
and `'ERROR'`.

``` yaml

- name: Check dplyr
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
with:
package: "dplyr"

- name: Check ggplot2
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
with:
package: "ggplot2"
```

### Result reports

- `fail-on-error`: Default value `'false'`. Logical, should the action errors
if CRAN checks are not OK? This is useful for ensuring that subsequent steps
would be performed even if any of the packages to check throws an error.

``` yaml

- name: Check a package not in CRAN
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
with:
package: "iamnotincran"
fail-on-error: "false"

- name: Check igoR even if the previous step has failed but stop here
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
with:
package: "igoR"
statuses: "NOTE,WARN,ERROR"
fail-on-error: "true"
```

- `create-issue`: Default value `true` Logical, create an issue on CRAN failed
checks using
[create-issue-from-file](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-issue-from-file)
action.

- `issue-assignees`: Default value `''`. Whom should the issue be assigned to
if errors are encountered in the CRAN status checks? This is a
comma-separated string of GitHub usernames. If undefined or empty, no
assignments are made. Check also
[create-issue-from-file](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-issue-from-file)
action.

``` yaml

- name: Check igoR and create issue
uses: dieghernan/cran-status-check@v1
with:
package: "igoR"
statuses: "NOTE,WARN,ERROR"
fail-on-error: "true"
create-issue: "true"
issue-assignees: "dieghernan,johndoe"
```

## Outputs

- The action would produce a report with a summary of the check

- If `create-issue: "true"` (the default value) and the action found an error,
it would create an issue on the repo and (if provided) it would assign it to
the users specified on `issue-assignees`.

- if `fail-on-error: "true"` (not activated by default) the action would fail,
and GitHub would send a notification to the repo owner following the
standard process of GH Actions.

## Derived Work Notice

This workflow is derived from
[cran-status.yml](https://github.com/pharmaverse/admiralci/blob/61347fe11955297818b3ca7814fc7328f2ad7840/.github/workflows/cran-status.yml)
by [pharmaverse/admiralci
contributors](https://github.com/pharmaverse/admiralci/graphs/contributors):

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