Make an Analysis Project — make

This function makes an R project that includes an analysis.Rmd or analysis.qmd file using the conflicted and tidyverse packages. This project automatically includes an aggressive .gitignore which is designed to help protect against leaking data (with protected health information), a starter bibliography file called "references" (in standard .bib format), and a stock Citation Style Language (.csl) file for the New England Journal of Medicine.

make_project(
  path,
  type = c("Quarto (analysis.qmd)", "R Markdown (analysis.Rmd)"),
  example = FALSE,
  vignette = FALSE,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  openInteractive = TRUE
)

Arguments

path: Path automatically set by research_project.dcf (see ./rstudio/templates/project/)
type: Choose between "Quarto (analysis.qmd)" or "R Markdown (analysis.Rmd)"
example: Will the analysis file include an example table/figure?
vignette: Will the analysis file be saved as a package vignette?
overwrite: Will an existing RStudio project be overwritten? This is needed for for Posit.Cloud. You will be prompted to confirm this option.
openInteractive: Should this new project be opened in a new RStudio window? Defaults to TRUE. NOTE: this option exists to prevent RStudio from opening two duplicate versions of the new project when this function is executed from RStudio menus. MODIFY WITH CAUTION.

Value

Returns nothing. See description above.

Details

Behind the scenes, this function used by research_project.dcf when a user selects New project... > New Directory > rUM Research Project Template within the RSutdio IDE. See ./rstudio/templates/project/.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
  # This makes a project with an example Quarto paper in the project's folder.
  make_project(path = "~/test", type = "Quarto (analysis.qmd)", example = TRUE, vignette = TRUE)
  # make_project() allows abbreviations on the project type: "Q" for Quarto or "R" for R Markdown
  make_project(path = "~/test_project", "Q", TRUE, TRUE)
  
  # This makes a project with an example R Markdown paper in the project's folder.
  make_project(path = "~/test", type = "R Markdown (analysis.Rmd)", example = TRUE, vignette = TRUE)
  # This makes a project with an example paper in the project's folder.
  make_project(path = "~/test_project", "R", example = TRUE)
}