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Manipulate DESCRIPTION files

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Indexed issues: 18

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Last GitHub push: Sep 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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option to turn off auto formatting when using desc_add_author Open

feature

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r-lib/desc#171 · Opened Mar 25, 2026
feat: add `desc_add_sysreq()` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

r-lib/desc#165 · Opened Aug 15, 2025
Keep comments Open

feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

r-lib/desc#164 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2025
Error in read.dcf(con) : Line starting 'desc/ ...' is malformed! Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

r-lib/desc#163 · Opened May 8, 2025
Add `desc_url_git()`? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

r-lib/desc#162 · Opened Apr 24, 2025
Tidying should strip trailing spaces Open

feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

r-lib/desc#155 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 3, 2024
search_for_author() fails when input contains special characters for regexp Open

tidy-dev-day :nerd_face:

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

r-lib/desc#150 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 17, 2024
desc validate Open

feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

r-lib/desc#149 · Opened May 18, 2024
WISH: Add {get,set,add,del,clear}_additional_repositories() Open

feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

r-lib/desc#147 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2024
Add alt-text to pictures, plots, etc; see https://posit.co/blog/knitr-fig-alt/ for examples Open

upkeep

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

r-lib/desc#144 · Opened Nov 3, 2023
`usethis::use_standalone("r-lib/rlang", "types-check")` instead of home grown argument checkers; Open

upkeep

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

r-lib/desc#143 · Opened Nov 3, 2023
Use cli errors or file an issue if you don't have time to do it now Open

upkeep

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

r-lib/desc#142 · Opened Nov 3, 2023
Different output for `get_maintainer` and `get_authors` when Authors@R field malformed Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 50/100

r-lib/desc#140 · Opened Aug 29, 2023
Setting `default = ""` in `get_list()` for a non-existent field returns empty character vector Open

documentation tidy-dev-day :nerd_face:

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

r-lib/desc#138 · 4 comments · Opened May 3, 2023
https://desc.r-lib.org/ works now Open

upkeep

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

r-lib/desc#137 · Opened Apr 29, 2023
Implement tidy-on-write Open

feature tidy-dev-day :nerd_face:

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

r-lib/desc#133 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 30, 2023
Treat `Config/Needs/website` like `Imports`? Open

feature

r-lib/desc#122 · 4 comments · 5 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 25, 2022
Better formatting with `$set_list()` Open

feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

r-lib/desc#117 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 11, 2021

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