roxygen2 not documenting a new project

Question

I am trying to document a new R project using roxygen2. I am using roxygen2 version 6.1.1 and desc version 1.2.0.

I have tried both the commands roxygen2::roxygenise() and devtools::document() but in both cases I am getting the same error:

Updating documentation 
First time using roxygen2. Upgrading automatically... 
Error in if (any(mismatch <- res != res2)) { : missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed

I have looked at the following issue: roxygen new project issue and tried following the advice of reinstalling both roxygen and desc to no avail.

Any help would be appreciated

It's telling you that you have an error in your code. You likely need to change that line to `if (any(res != res2))`, but I don't have the full code so can't be completely sure. After you fix the error (and others that may pop up) it will let you continue. — rpolicastro, May 19 '20 at 22:35
@rpolicastro That is the roxygen2 code not mine. See the second last comment on the link in the question. That user got the same error — mattyx17, May 19 '20 at 23:30

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 26 '20 at 10:02

Check for blank lines in your DESCRIPTION file.

Authors@R: 
    person(given = "First",
           family = "Last",
           role = c("aut", "cre"),
           email = "first.last@example.com",
           comment = c(ORCID = "YOUR-ORCID-ID"))
                                                       <- this line is blank, remove!
Description: What the package does (one paragraph).

That solved the problem for me.

roxygen2 not documenting a new project

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