Create a CITATION file

This function creates a CITATION file in the folder inst/. This file contains a BiBTeX entry to cite the package as a manual. User will need to edit by hand some information (title, version, etc.).

add_citation(
  given = NULL,
  family = NULL,
  organisation = NULL,
  open = TRUE,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

given

A character of length 1. The given name of the project maintainer.

family

A character of length 1. The family name of the project maintainer.

organisation

A character of length 1. The name of the GitHub organisation to host the package. If NULL (default) the GitHub account will be used. This argument is used to set the URL of the package (hosted on GitHub).

open

A logical value. If TRUE (default) the file is opened in the editor.

overwrite

A logical value. If this file is already present and overwrite = TRUE, it will be erased and replaced. Default is FALSE.

quiet

A logical value. If TRUE messages are deleted. Default is FALSE.

Value

No return value.

See also

Other create files: add_code_of_conduct(), add_compendium(), add_contributing(), add_description(), add_dockerfile(), add_license(), add_makefile(), add_package_doc(), add_readme_rmd(), add_renv(), add_testthat(), add_vignette()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
add_citation()
readCitationFile("inst/CITATION")
citation("pkg")    # If you have installed your package <pkg>
}