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Create NEWS.md from github commits with RStudio

is there a proper way to create NOT by hand a NEWS file for a package in R/RStudio?

Is it ok if i find a way to use the description of commits from the github repo to create this file?

Thank you

Solution

  • You have to interact with the GitHub API using R(REST API v3) to read the commits

    You can use R Bindings for the Github v3 API I'm not sure if it cover all API needed to read the commits (or you can deploy it)

    You should take into account that you should standard all changes/bug fixes and version number to get meaningful commits in the NEWS file.

    My advice Do it manually (by hand) :)