non standard file "data-raw" note on building/checking a package in R

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I get this warning

Non-standard file/directory found at top level:
  ‘data-raw’

when building my package, even there is the recommendation of creating this folder to create package data http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/data.html#data-sysdata

Any comments on that or do I need a specific setting to get rid of this message.

@Gregor ahhh, this was missing... Is this actually stated and I just over read it? Solved the problem... If you like you could post an answer.... — drmariod, Jan 25 '17 at 16:06
Yes it is, if you search the page you link I'm sure you'll find it. — Gregor Thomas, Jan 25 '17 at 16:12

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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When used, data-raw should be added to .Rbuildignore. As explained in the Data section of Hadley's R-Packages book (also linked in the question)

Often, the data you include in data/ is a cleaned up version of raw data you’ve gathered from elsewhere. I highly recommend taking the time to include the code used to do this in the source version of your package. This will make it easy for you to update or reproduce your version of the data. I suggest that you put this code in data-raw/. You don’t need it in the bundled version of your package, so also add it to .Rbuildignore. Do all this in one step with:
usethis::use_data_raw()

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jan 25 '17 at 16:15

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I read this but somehow I didn't linked this to the folder and didn't executed the function... Solved my issue, thanks! – drmariod Jan 25 '17 at 16:44
It would be a good thing for this function to automatically update `.Rbuildignore`. – BroVic Aug 14 '20 at 15:19
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@BroVic It does. It will add `^data-raw$` to the end of your `.Rbuildignore` file. – Giovanni Colitti May 24 '22 at 01:01
@GiovanniColitti oh I didn't know that. I will look out for that. – BroVic May 25 '22 at 06:12

non standard file "data-raw" note on building/checking a package in R

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