Development packages are looked-up according to rules
defined in a file .Rpackages in the user's home directory.
find_devpackage(x, error = TRUE)
| x | name of the development package to lookup. |
|---|---|
| error | logical that indicates if an error is thrown when the project root directory could not be found. |
Package paths are specified in a list with:
unnamed elements: character strings give path to directories to lookup for sub-directories that match exactly the package's name;
named element containing character strings: these are paths that are looked up only for packages that
match the element name. If the element name contains any of the characters *?()$^\\][, then it is matched using
regular expression.