Package index • desc

Object Oriented R6 API
`description`	Read, write, update, validate DESCRIPTION files
Precedural API
`desc()`	Read a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_add_author()`	Add an author to Authors@R in DESCRIPTION
`desc_add_author_gh()`	Add a GitHub user as an author to DESCRIPTION
`desc_add_me()`	Add the current user as an author to DESCRIPTION
`desc_add_orcid()`	Add an ORCID to one or more authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION
`desc_add_remotes()`	Add locations in the Remotes field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_add_role()`	Add a role to one or more authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION
`desc_add_to_collate()`	Add one or more files to the Collate field, in DESCRIPTION
`desc_add_urls()`	Add URLs to the URL field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_bump_version()`	Increase the version number in DESCRIPTION
`desc_change_maintainer()`	Change maintainer of the package, in DESCRIPTION
`desc_clear_remotes()`	Remove all locations from the Remotes field of DESCRIPTION
`desc_clear_urls()`	Remove all URLs from the URL field of DESCRIPTION
`desc_coerce_authors_at_r()`	Coerce Author and Maintainer Fields to Authors@R
`desc_del()`	Remove fields from a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_del_author()`	Remove one or more authors from DESCRIPTION.
`desc_del_collate()`	Delete the Collate field from DESCRIPTION
`desc_del_dep()`	Remove a package dependency from DESCRIPTION
`desc_del_deps()`	Remove all dependencies from DESCRIPTION
`desc_del_from_collate()`	Remove files from the Collate field.
`desc_del_remotes()`	Delete locations from the Remotes field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_del_role()`	Delete a role of an author, in DESCRIPTION
`desc_del_urls()`	Delete URLs from the URL field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_fields()`	List all fields in a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_get()`	Get a field from a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_get_author()`	Query authors by role in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION
`desc_get_authors()`	Query all authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION
`desc_get_built()`	Query the built field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_get_collate()`	Query the Collate field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_get_deps()`	List all package dependencies from a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_get_field()` `desc_get_or_fail()` `desc_get_list()`	Get a single field from a DESCRIPTION file, fail if not found
`desc_get_maintainer()`	Query the package maintainer in DESCRIPTION
`desc_get_remotes()`	List the locations in the Remotes field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_get_urls()`	Query the URL field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_get_version()`	Query the package version in DESCRIPTION
`desc_has_dep()`	Check for a dependency
`desc_has_fields()`	Check if some fields are present in a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_normalize()`	Normalize a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_print()`	Print the contents of a DESCRIPTION file to the screen
`desc_reformat_fields()`	Reformat fields in a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_reorder_fields()`	Reorder fields in a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_set()` `desc_set_list()`	Set one or more fields in a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_set_authors()`	Set authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION
`desc_set_collate()`	Set the Collate field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_set_dep()`	Add a package dependency to a DESCRIPTION file
`desc_set_deps()`	Set all package dependencies in DESCRIPTION
`desc_set_remotes()`	Set the Remotes field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_set_urls()`	Set the URL field in DESCRIPTION
`desc_set_version()`	Set the package version in DESCRIPTION
`desc_to_latex()`	Converts a DESCRIPTION file to LaTeX
`desc_validate()`	Validate a DESCRIPTION file
`description`	Read, write, update, validate DESCRIPTION files
Utilities and Metadata
`check_field()`	Syntactical check of a DESCRIPTION field
`cran_ascii_fields`	The DESCRIPTION fields that are supposed to be in plain ASCII encoding
`cran_valid_fields`	A list of DESCRIPTION fields that are valid according to the CRAN checks
`dep_types`	DESCRIPTION fields that denote package dependencies

Reference

Object Oriented R6 API

Precedural API

Utilities and Metadata