This big was raised by @eribul in #192. It was reproducible exactly as described in the issue.
The cause is because there should always be a .hash file present in the cache drectory alongside the .RData file.
The solution is as follows: If the hash is missing, either because there was a previously cached variable made under an old version of ProjectTemplate, or it may have been inadvertently deleted, then the associated cache file is also removed when a cache command is issued again. This ensures a successful recache and a consistent cache directory again.
A test set has been added to check for this use case.
Note that there are a large number of man files re-generated when I rebuilt the package for this submission. These were not as a result of a change made by me under this PR. I suspect that an upgrade to ROxygen to v6.0 may have forced a recompile. Either way, the documentation is up to date now, so it's not a big deal.
KentonWhite
commented
7 years ago
This big was raised by @eribul in #192. It was reproducible exactly as described in the issue.
The cause is because there should always be a
.hashfile present in thecachedrectory alongside the.RDatafile.The solution is as follows: If the hash is missing, either because there was a previously cached variable made under an old version of
ProjectTemplate, or it may have been inadvertently deleted, then the associated cache file is also removed when acachecommand is issued again. This ensures a successful recache and a consistentcachedirectory again.A test set has been added to check for this use case.
Note that there are a large number of
manfiles re-generated when I rebuilt the package for this submission. These were not as a result of a change made by me under this PR. I suspect that an upgrade to ROxygen to v6.0 may have forced a recompile. Either way, the documentation is up to date now, so it's not a big deal.