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Is r-lib/rprojroot beginner-friendly?

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Stars
150
Forks
29
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
2
Avg merge
5d 14h
Merged PRs (30d)
14
Dominant language
R
License
No license data
Last GitHub push
Sep 28, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Beginner labels
help wanted

How to contribute to r-lib/rprojroot

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  3. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

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  • find_package_root_file has uninformative error context
    Open
    help wanted

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

    r-lib/rprojroot#119 · 1 comment · 2 reactions ·

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  • Add a CONTRIBUTING.md?
    Open
    help wanted

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

    r-lib/rprojroot#96 · 1 reaction ·

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