rstudio / rstudio/packrat

Add RStudio Add-In for Global Cache usage / saving lockfiles

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Description

In conjunction with improving docs in #384 , I think it would be interesting to add a lightweight RStudio Add-in that makes it easy to save and load packrat.lock files that you use regularly, thereby making it easier to use the global cache for new projects by reusing old packrat.lock files. It would be really cool if it was somehow possible to inject this modal dialog into the packrat::init() or project creation process.

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Research direction

Start by reading the related documentation work in issue #384 and the packrat::init() project-creation process mentioned here. The issue names no files or tests, so first define the RStudio Add-in workflow for saving and loading packrat.lock files and how it should integrate with initialization; done requires agreed acceptance criteria for that design.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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