NEWS

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command 0.2.0 (2026-07-23)

Dependence on 'fs' package (#8)

• Removed dependence on fs package

Handling of empty strings (#6)

• Empty command line values like --v= (from an undefined Make variable) are now an error unless the corresponding cmd_assign() argument is character
• When an empty string is assigned, the message notes that the value is an empty string

Paths

• extract_make() and extract_shell() no longer prefix relative paths with ./

DESCRIPTION and package help (#5)

• Revised descriptions, and removed internal keyword from command-package.R.

renv (#7)

• Added use_renv(), which activates a renv project at the start of scripts run with Rscript (which skips .Rprofile).
• Added article "Using command with renv"

command 0.1.4

• Added test coverage

command 0.1.3 (2025-11-22)

Documentation

• Tidied articles, and added detail on the way that extract_make() and extract_shell() treat dotted vs non-dotted arguments.

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug in extract_shell(), extract_make(), shell_script(), and makefile() where the shell commands or Makefile rules created by these function used absolute paths to R scripts, rather than relative paths.

command 0.1.2 (2025-10-16)

• Expanded description and provided options to turn off messages.

command 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN submission.