RStudio New Project wizard opens duplicate sessions

[peymaneshghi]

When using RStudio's New Project wizard to create "R package using devtools", it always opens the package in duplicate sessions.
Perhaps the dcf uses create_package(), which has open = rlang::is_interactive() argument and it causes new session gets opened.

[malcolmbarrett]

I've had the same issue with custom project templates, and open was indeed the cause. I've had to wrap a helper function that set open = FALSE, then call that function in the project template DCF. However, it doesn't look like the "R package using devtools" template is in this package; is it in the IDE?

[malcolmbarrett]

Yeah, I think this is actually an issue created in the IDE, so you might want to file this over there: https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/blob/0899d13386fd5e61ec847cc62a6eb252702a5ebc/src/cpp/session/modules/SessionProjectTemplate.cpp#L580

[peymaneshghi]

Thanks @malcolmbarrett
Yes but the IDE is calling the create() from devtools.

devtools/R/create.R

Line 9 in d4510b2

usethis::create_package(path, ...)

I can't see how that could be fixed at the IDE without providing a wrapper function from devtools with open = FALSE?

[jimhester]

The only reason devtools::create() still exists is because the IDE uses it, so we could set open = FALSE as the default method in devtools::create(). I think most people will now use create_package() interactively.

[malcolmbarrett]

Oh, well that sure makes it easy