testthat.yaml

on:
  # push:
  #   branches: main
  #   paths: 'data/**'
  # pull_request:
  #   branches: main
  #   paths: 'data/**'
  workflow_dispatch

name: 03-Run validation tests
#' This starts off identically to validate.yaml but instead of running an R 
#' script with tests in it directly, it runs testthat::test_dir() to run tests. 
#' There is a much more complex example of testing data like this here: 
#' https://github.com/weecology/PortalData/tree/main/testthat
jobs:
  validate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RENV_CONFIG_PAK_ENABLED: TRUE #use the `pak` package for installing R packages—it automatically detects and install system dependencies on ubuntu
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      
      - name: Setup R
        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
        with:
          r-version: "renv" #use the same version of R recorded in renv.lock
      
      - name: Install R packages
        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-renv@v2 #uses `renv::restore()`
      
      - name: Run tests
        run: Rscript testthat.R