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To take things further, the precommit R package provides two sets of utilities around the precommit framework: hooks that are useful for R packages or projects, and usethis-like functionalities to set them up.
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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Argument names to functions should be descriptive and well documented. Arguments should generally have default values. Check arguments against a validity check.
Bioconductor - Package Guidelines
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