Have a test() function, similar to devtools::test()

[gaborcsardi]

testthat already uses pkgload for package loading, so there is not much benefit using devtools.

[hadley]

The primary advantage is that we could just call testthat::test() in CI tools.

[hadley]

Hmmm, the only place we actually use it is:

maybe_root_dir <- function(path) {
  tryCatch(pkgload::pkg_path(path), error = function(...) path)
}

But I think it still makes sense to add this function, since pkgload is a lightweight dependency, and this would be a useful feature.

A few notes from reading devtools::test():

• This function wouldn't save open files or offer to creating testing infrastructure
• Need to set envvar TESTTHAT_PKG to name of package
• Most arguments just passed through to test_dir().
• C collation and useFancyQuotes should be handled elsewhere in testthat
• Should be able to mostly implement using test_package_dir()

What would we call it? Maybe test_source_package()?

[gaborcsardi]

What would we call it? Maybe test_source_package()?

test_local(), test_tree(), test_package_tree()?

There is remotes::install_local() and pak::local_*, FWIW.

[hadley]

test_local() sounds good to me.

[hadley]

If we do this, might as well review all the uses of devtools and replace with pkgload. devtools is only suggested, but it requires a lot of compilation on the mac devel build machine.