Add create_quarto_project or support Quarto-related parameters in create_project

[elipousson]

In exploring options for creating a R Project file, I found create_project() and wondered if it might be enhanced by the addition of new parameters to better support the creation of Quarto projects.

A simple create_quarto_project() that includes the basic _quarto.yml settings that is created when selecting "Quarto Project" from the New Project dialog in RStudio could be one option.

Another option could be a project type parameter, e.g. "project", "website", "book", "blog", corresponding to those same default settings.

One last (but not mutually exclusive) option could be updating create_project() to take a config_file parameter (similar to use_pkgdown()) and offering some way to define a set of files to use as a starting place (maybe using a repo_spec parameter similar to use_standalone()).

If there is interest in this feature, I'd be happy to work on it and open a pull request.

[jennybc]

I wonder if there are plans for anything like this in quarto-r @jjallaire @cderv.

Where is the obvious home for it? 🤔

[cderv]

Yes definitely something we should do in quarto-r to me. This is feature request already.

• quarto create wrapper quarto-dev/quarto-r#87

Just need to spend some time on a new version there.

Though this could be easy to do in usethis if you want something like this (as you have other project-creation function already) - everything would be done by quarto create project.

So for the obvious place, it is also you choice. However, I would say that even if you do it in usethis we would do in quarto R package anyway. So probably there is the obvious place, and here is the optional one for convenience to usethis users.

[hadley]

I think the way forward would be for use_quarto_project() to be a thin wrapper over either the cli or the quarto package.

[jennybc]

How do we feel about this issue in light of the fact that quarto::quarto_create_project() now exists?

https://quarto-dev.github.io/quarto-r/reference/quarto_create_project.html

[hadley]

I think it's probably worth making use_quarto_project() (or maybe use_project_quarto()) that calls quarto::quarto_create_project().

[jennybc]

In terms of naming and patterning off an existing thing, create_project() would arguably be the front-runner.

[hadley]

Yes, of course, not sure why I wrote use 😞