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edit_file

Open file for editing

Description

Opens a file for editing in RStudio, if that is the active environment, or via utils::file.edit() otherwise. If the file does not exist, it is created. If the parent directory does not exist, it is also created. edit_template() specifically opens templates in inst/templates for use with use_template().

Usage

edit_file(path, open = rlang::is_interactive())

edit_template(template = NULL, open = rlang::is_interactive())

Arguments

`path`	Path to target file.
`open`	Whether to open the file for interactive editing.
`template`	The target template file. If not specified, existing template files are offered for interactive selection.

Value

Target path, invisibly.

Examples

## Not run: 
edit_file("DESCRIPTION")
edit_file("~/.gitconfig")

## End(Not run)

usethis

Automate Package and Project Setup

v2.0.1

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Hadley Wickham [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4757-117X>), Jennifer Bryan [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6983-2759>), RStudio [cph, fnd]

Initial release