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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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goodpractice and lintr both provide you with useful static analyses of your package.
Workflow automation tools for package developers
Maëlle Salmon
set through environment variable R_CHECK_ENVIRON with a command similar to
export R_CHECK_ENVIRON = <path to downloaded file>
Bioconductor - Package Guidelines
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...catch up on these, and many more highlights
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