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Tools to deal with dependencies in scripts, Rmd and packages
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```{r setup, include = FALSE}

knitr::opts_chunk$set(

  collapse = TRUE,

  comment = "#>",

  fig.path = "man/figures/README-",

  out.width = "100%"

)

```



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# attachment 



The goal of attachment is to help to deal with package dependencies during package development. It also gives useful tools to install or list missing packages used inside Rscripts or Rmds.

  

When building a package, we have to add `@importFrom` in our documentation or `pkg::fun` in the R code. The most important is not to forget to add the list of dependencies in the "Imports" or "Suggests" package lists in the DESCRIPTION file.  



Why do you have to repeat twice the same thing ?    

And what happens when you remove a dependency for one of your functions ? Do you really want to run a "Find in files" to verify that you do not need this package anymore ?    



Let {attachment} help you ! This reads your NAMESPACE, your functions in R directory and your vignettes, then update the DESCRIPTION file accordingly. Are you ready to be lazy ?



See full documentation realized using {pkgdown} at   



## Installation



CRAN version

```r

install.packages("attachment")

```



Development version

``` r

install.packages('attachment', repos = c('https://thinkr-open.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

```



## Declare all dependencies in DESCRIPTION during package development



What you really want is to fill and update your description file along with the modifications of your documentation. Indeed, only the following function will really be called. Use and abuse during the development of your package !



```{r, eval=FALSE}

attachment::att_amend_desc()

```



{attachment} detects all calls to `library(pkg)`, `@importFrom pkg fun`, `pkg::fun()` in the different classical directories of your R package, then list them in the correct "Imports" or "Suggests" category in the DESCRIPTION file, according to their position in the package.



### Declare extra dependencies for extra uses



If you want to add extra packages like {pkgdown} or {covr} that are not listed in any script in your package, a call for your development packages would be:

```{r, eval=FALSE}

attachment::att_amend_desc(extra.suggests = c("pkgdown", "covr"), update.config = TRUE)

```



Note the `update.config = TRUE` parameter that will save the parameters used in the call of `att_amend_desc()` to the package configuration file: "dev/config_attachment.yaml".



If you run `att_amend_desc()` a second time afterwards, directly from the console, it will use the last set of parameters extracted from the configuration file. 



Indeed, we recommend to store the complete command line in a "dev/dev_history.R" file to update and run it when needed. If the parameters do not change, you can run `attachment::att_amend_desc()` directly in the console, wherever you are, it will use the configuration file.



### Automatically fill the "Remotes" field



If you would like to detect the sources of your installations so that you can add dependencies in the "Remotes" field of your DESCRIPTION file, to mimic your local installation, you will use:



```{r, eval=FALSE}

attachment::set_remotes_to_desc()

```



## Example on a fake package



```{r}

# Copy example package in a temporary directory

tmpdir <- tempfile(pattern = "fakepkg")

dir.create(tmpdir)

file.copy(system.file("dummypackage",package = "attachment"), tmpdir, recursive = TRUE)

dummypackage <- file.path(tmpdir, "dummypackage")

# browseURL(dummypackage)



# Fill the DESCRIPTION file automatically

# `inside_rmd` is specifically designed here to allow to run this command line in the "Readme.Rmd" file

desc_file <- attachment::att_amend_desc(path = dummypackage, inside_rmd = TRUE, update.config = TRUE)



# Add Remotes if you have some installed

attachment::set_remotes_to_desc(path.d = desc_file)



# Clean state

unlink(tmpdir, recursive = TRUE)

```



## More on finding Remotes repositories (non installed from CRAN)



Find packages installed out of CRAN. This helps fill the "Remotes" field in DESCRIPTION file with `set_remotes_to_desc()`.  

Behind the scene, it uses `find_remotes()`.  



- See the examples below if {fusen} is installed from GitHub

  + Also works for GitLab, Bioconductor, Git, Local installations

  

```{r, eval=FALSE}

# From GitHub

remotes::install_github("ThinkR-open/fusen",

                        quiet = TRUE, upgrade = "never")

attachment::find_remotes("fusen")

#> $fusen

#> [1] "ThinkR-open/fusen"

```



## Find and install missing dependencies required for your R scripts

To quickly install missing packages from a DESCRIPTION file, use:



```{r, eval=TRUE}

attachment::install_from_description()

```



To quickly install missing packages needed to compile Rmd files or run R scripts, use:



```{r, eval=FALSE}

attachment::att_from_rmds(path = ".") |> attachment::install_if_missing()



attachment::att_from_rscripts(path = ".") |> attachment::install_if_missing()

```



Function `attachment::create_dependencies_file()` will create a `dependencies.R` file in `inst/` directory. This R script contains the procedure to quickly install missing dependencies:



```{r eval=FALSE}

# Remotes ----

# remotes::install_github("ThinkR-open/fcuk")

# Attachments ----

to_install <- c("covr", "desc", "devtools", "glue", "knitr", "magrittr", "rmarkdown", "stats", "stringr", "testthat", "utils")

for (i in to_install) {

  message(paste("looking for ", i))

  if (!requireNamespace(i)) {

    message(paste("     installing", i))

    install.packages(i)

  }

}

```



## Allow the CI to install all dependencies required for your bookdown, pagedown, quarto, ...



If you write a {bookdown} and want to publish it on Github using GitHub Actions or GitLab CI for instance, you will need a DESCRIPTION file with list of dependencies just like for a package. In this case, you can use the function to description from import/suggest: `att_to_desc_from_is()`.



```{r, eval=FALSE}

usethis::use_description()

# bookdown Imports are in Rmds

imports <- c("bookdown", attachment::att_from_rmds("."))

attachment::att_to_desc_from_is(path.d = "DESCRIPTION",

                                imports = imports, suggests = NULL)

```



Then, install dependencies with

```{r, eval=FALSE}

remotes::install_deps()

```



## List packages required in any script or notebook



Of course, you can also use {attachment} out of a package to list all package dependencies of R scripts using `att_from_rscripts()` or Rmd/qmd files using `att_from_rmds()`.  

If you are running this inside a Rmd, you may need parameter `inside_rmd = TRUE`.  



```{r, eval=TRUE}

library(attachment)

dummypackage <- system.file("dummypackage", package = "attachment")



att_from_rscripts(path = dummypackage)

att_from_rmds(path = file.path(dummypackage, "vignettes"), inside_rmd = TRUE)

```



## Vignettes included



Package {attachment} has vignettes to present the different functions available. There is also a recommendation to have a `dev_history.R` in the root directory of your package. (*Have a look at [dev_history.R](https://github.com/ThinkR-open/attachment/blob/main/dev/dev_history.R) in the present package*)



```{r, eval=FALSE}

vignette("a-fill-pkg-description", package = "attachment")

vignette("b-bookdown-and-scripts", package = "attachment")

vignette("use_renv", package = "attachment")

vignette("create-dependencies-file", package = "attachment")

```



The vignettes are available on the {pkgdown} page, in the "Articles" menu: 



  

## Code of Conduct



Please note that the attachment project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](https://thinkr-open.github.io/attachment/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html). By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms