Initialize a Specific Boilerplate Database Category — boilerplate_init

This function initializes or updates a specific boilerplate database category with default values.

Usage

boilerplate_init_category(
  category,
  merge_strategy = c("keep_existing", "merge_recursive", "overwrite_all"),
  data_path = NULL,
  quiet = FALSE,
  dry_run = FALSE,
  create_dirs = FALSE,
  confirm = TRUE,
  create_empty = TRUE
)

Arguments

category: Character. Category to initialize. Options include "measures", "methods", "results", "discussion", "appendix", "template".
merge_strategy: Character. How to merge with existing database: "keep_existing", "merge_recursive", or "overwrite_all".
data_path: Character. Base path for data directory. If NULL (default), uses here::here("boilerplate", "data").
quiet: Logical. If TRUE, suppresses all CLI alerts. Default is FALSE.
dry_run: Logical. If TRUE, simulates the operation without writing files. Default is FALSE.
create_dirs: Logical. If TRUE, creates directories that don't exist. Default is FALSE.
confirm: Logical. If TRUE, asks for confirmation before making changes. Default is TRUE.
create_empty: Logical. If TRUE, creates empty database structures with just the template headings. Default is TRUE. Set to FALSE to use default content.

Value

Logical. TRUE if initialization was successful, FALSE if canceled.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# initialize the methods database with empty structure
boilerplate_init_category("methods", create_dirs = TRUE, create_empty = TRUE)

# initialize measures database with recursive merging and default content
boilerplate_init_category(
  category = "measures",
  merge_strategy = "merge_recursive",
  create_dirs = TRUE,
  create_empty = FALSE
)
} # }