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One could argue that using pkgdown is a way to improve your R package documentation for very little effort. If you only tweak one thing, please introduce grouping in the reference page.

Workflow automation tools for package developers

Maëlle Salmon

Environment variables, found via Sys.getenv() rather than getOption(), are often used for storing secrets (like GITHUB_PAT for the gh package) or the path to secrets on disk (like TWITTER_PAT for rtweet), or not secrets (e.g. the browser to use for chromote).

Persistent Config and Data for R Packages - R-Hub Blog

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styler can help you re-style your code. Of course, you should check the changes before putting them in your production codebase. It’s better paired with version control.

Workflow automation tools for package developers

Maëlle Salmon

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