Append or create a .gitignore file

Use the returned template(s) to append the existing .gitignore file.

gi_write_gitignore(fetched_template,
  gitignore_file = here::here(".gitignore"))

Arguments

fetched_template	Template(s) returned by `gi_fetch_templates()`.
gitignore_file	Path of the .gitignore file to modify.

Value

TRUE if succeeds to write/append the .gitignore, FALSE otherwise.

Examples

# \donttest{
f <- paste0(tempdir(), "/.gitignore")
new_lines <- gi_fetch_templates("r")
#> 
#> # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/r
#> # Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=r
#> 
#> ### R ###
#> # History files
#> .Rhistory
#> .Rapp.history
#> 
#> # Session Data files
#> .RData
#> .RDataTmp
#> 
#> # User-specific files
#> .Ruserdata
#> 
#> # Example code in package build process
#> *-Ex.R
#> 
#> # Output files from R CMD build
#> /*.tar.gz
#> 
#> # Output files from R CMD check
#> /*.Rcheck/
#> 
#> # RStudio files
#> .Rproj.user/
#> 
#> # produced vignettes
#> vignettes/*.html
#> vignettes/*.pdf
#> 
#> # OAuth2 token, see https://github.com/hadley/httr/releases/tag/v0.3
#> .httr-oauth
#> 
#> # knitr and R markdown default cache directories
#> *_cache/
#> /cache/
#> 
#> # Temporary files created by R markdown
#> *.utf8.md
#> *.knit.md
#> 
#> ### R.Bookdown Stack ###
#> # R package: bookdown caching files
#> /*_files/
#> 
#> # End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/r
gi_write_gitignore(new_lines, f)
#> ● The .gitignore file could not be found in the project directory/data/docs/gitignore_TMP/referenceWould you like to create it?
#> Error in utils::menu(c("Yes", "No")): menu() cannot be used non-interactively

unlink(f)
# }