Update Category from External Database (Deprecated) — boilerplate_update_from

This function is deprecated. Use boilerplate_copy_from_project instead for better project-based workflow.

Usage

boilerplate_update_from_external(
  unified_db,
  category,
  external_path,
  db1_name = "Current Database",
  db2_name = "External Database",
  recursive = TRUE,
  sort_results = TRUE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

unified_db: A list representing the unified database to update.
category: Character. The category to import and update (e.g., "measures", "methods").
external_path: Character. Path to the external data directory.
db1_name: Character string. The name of the first database (default: "Current Database").
db2_name: Character string. The name of the second database (default: "External Database").
recursive: Logical. Whether to merge hierarchical structures recursively (default: TRUE).
sort_results: Logical. Whether to sort the merged database alphabetically (default: TRUE).
quiet: Logical. If TRUE, suppresses all CLI alerts. Default is FALSE.

Value

A list representing the updated unified database.

Details

This function imports a specific category from an external database and updates the corresponding category in a unified database.

Examples

# \donttest{
# This function is deprecated. Use boilerplate_copy_from_project() instead.
# Example usage (for reference only):
# unified_db <- boilerplate_update_from_external(unified_db, "methods", "path/to/external/data")
# }