Create a Package License — pkg_license • jeksterslabRpkg

Creates a package LICENSE and LICENSE.md by extracting information from an external yml input_file. See system.file("extdata", "DESCRIPTION.yml", package = "jeksterslabRpkg", mustWork = TRUE) for the input_file template.

pkg_license(pkg_root, input_file = NULL, msg = "LICENSE file path:")

Arguments

pkg_root	Character string. Package root directory.
input_file	Character string. `YAML` file containing `DESCRIPTION` fields and entries.
msg	Character string. Prints optional message and output directory.

Note that if pkg_create() is used, this function will be called.

THIS FUNCTION OVERWRITES EXISTING LICENSE and LICENSE.md FILES IN THE SPECIFIED PACKAGE ROOT DIRECTORY. USE WITH CAUTION.

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

if (FALSE) {
pkg_license(
  pkg_root = "~/boilerplatePackage",
  input_file = "DESCRIPTION.yml"
)
}