Incorporate the styler package with pre-commit

[stephaniereinders]

https://github.com/lorenzwalthert/precommit

[ahgamut]

The pre-commit R package mentioned in the above link uses Python in the background to do a bunch of things automatically whenever you do a git commit:

• style your code using the styler package
• lint your code using the lintr package (point out potential bugs/inconsistencies)
• render vignettes
• check your package has all dependencies listed out properly, etc.

pre-commit requires a simple yml configuration file, and it requires python to be installed on your computer.

I tried it out here: https://github.com/ahgamut/handwriter/commits/rearrange

The advantage of pre-commit is that it automatically enforces a consistent style and structure on the code in an R package.

One of the disadvantages is that if you introduce pre-commit after a while, it can add a lot of changes at once, which messes with git blame and the update history of the code.

Perhaps a pre-commit can be attempted after other updates to handwriter.