check_field Syntactical check of a DESCRIPTION field cran_ascii_fields The DESCRIPTION fields that are supposed to be in plain ASCII encoding cran_valid_fields A list of DESCRIPTION fields that are valid according to the CRAN checks dep_types DESCRIPTION fields that denote package dependencies desc Read a DESCRIPTION file desc_add_author Add an author to Authors@R in DESCRIPTION desc_add_author_gh Add a GitHub user as an author to DESCRIPTION desc_add_me Add the current user as an author to DESCRIPTION desc_add_orcid Add an ORCID to one or more authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION desc_add_remotes Add locations in the Remotes field in DESCRIPTION desc_add_role Add a role to one or more authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION desc_add_to_collate Add one or more files to the Collate field, in DESCRIPTION desc_add_urls Add URLs to the URL field in DESCRIPTION desc_bump_version Increase the version number in DESCRIPTION desc_change_maintainer Change maintainer of the package, in DESCRIPTION desc_clear_remotes Remove all locations from the Remotes field of DESCRIPTION desc_clear_urls Remove all URLs from the URL field of DESCRIPTION desc_coerce_authors_at_r Coerce Author and Maintainer Fields to Authors@R desc_del Remove fields from a DESCRIPTION file desc_del_author Remove one or more authors from DESCRIPTION. desc_del_collate Delete the Collate field from DESCRIPTION desc_del_dep Remove a package dependency from DESCRIPTION desc_del_deps Remove all dependencies from DESCRIPTION desc_del_from_collate Remove files from the Collate field. desc_del_remotes Delete locations from the Remotes field in DESCRIPTION desc_del_role Delete a role of an author, in DESCRIPTION desc_del_urls Delete URLs from the URL field in DESCRIPTION desc_fields List all fields in a DESCRIPTION file desc_get Get a field from a DESCRIPTION file desc_get_author Query authors by role in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION desc_get_authors Query all authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION desc_get_built Query the built field in DESCRIPTION desc_get_collate Query the Collate field in DESCRIPTION desc_get_deps List all package dependencies from a DESCRIPTION file desc_get_field Get a single field from a DESCRIPTION file, fail if not found desc_get_maintainer Query the package maintainer in DESCRIPTION desc_get_remotes List the locations in the Remotes field in DESCRIPTION desc_get_urls Query the URL field in DESCRIPTION desc_get_version Query the package version in DESCRIPTION desc_has_dep Check for a dependency desc_has_fields Check if some fields are present in a DESCRIPTION file desc_normalize Normalize a DESCRIPTION file desc_print Print the contents of a DESCRIPTION file to the screen desc_reformat_fields Reformat fields in a DESCRIPTION file desc_reorder_fields Reorder fields in a DESCRIPTION file desc_set Set one or more fields in a DESCRIPTION file desc_set_authors Set authors in Authors@R, in DESCRIPTION desc_set_collate Set the Collate field in DESCRIPTION desc_set_dep Add a package dependency to a DESCRIPTION file desc_set_deps Set all package dependencies in DESCRIPTION desc_set_remotes Set the Remotes field in DESCRIPTION desc_set_urls Set the URL field in DESCRIPTION desc_set_version Set the package version in DESCRIPTION desc_to_latex Converts a DESCRIPTION file to LaTeX desc_validate Validate a DESCRIPTION file description Read, write, update, validate DESCRIPTION files