Add database plotting functions and improved ´consolidate()´ function

[henriquesposito]

Description

These minor changes add functions to profile databases as plots or as a tibble, as well as improvements to how ´consolidate()´ works to make it faster and more capable of handling larger databases.

Package

• Closed #212 by implementing package caching in GitHub actions workflows
• Closed #218 by fixing bug with GitHub actions workflows
• Closed #225 by changing the structure of datasets in "many" data packages
• Closed #240 by updating the package cheatsheet

Connection

• Closed #134 by adding a ´data_evolution()´ function to the report family of functions that gets original datasets, if available, or opens the preparation scripts, if not available
• Added 'db_profile' family of functions to visualise databases
  • Closed #214 by adding ´db_plot()´ function to plot a profile of the database to facilitate comparison of matched observations across datasets
  • Closed #224 by adding ´db_comp()´ function that creates a tibble of the database to facilitate comparison of matched observations across datasets
• Updated ´get_packages()´ function
  • Closed #215 by making ´get_packages()´ interactive so that users can chose which branch to download
  • Closed #219 by improving ´get_packages()´ printing
  • Updated ´get_packages()´ and ´plot_releases()´ to use ´{messydates}´, instead of ´{lubridate}´, for dates coercion
• Closed #222 by adding ´network_map()´function for plotting geographical networks
• Updated ´consolidate()´function to make function over 20 times faster
  • Closed #227 by making ´consolidate()´ ignore text related variables due to their size
  • Closed #230 by making ´consolidate()´ more concise to avoid running into memory limits
  • Closed #228 and #232 by replacing ´coalesce_compatible()´ for a faster approach to coalescing compatible missing observations that relies on ´zoo::na.locf()´
  • Made ´coalesce_compatible()´ function defunct

Checklist:

• [x] PR form
  • [x] I have given this pull request an informative title
  • [x] Description above itemizes changes under subtitles, e.g. "## Collection""
  • [x] Any closed, fixed, or related issues are referenced and explained in the description above, e.g. "Fixed #0 by adding A"
  • [x] Package builds on my OS without issues
• [ ] PR checks all pass for latest commit
  • [x] Package builds on Mac
  • [x] Package builds on Windows
  • [x] Package builds on Linux
  • [ ] CodeCov check: Package improves or maintains good test coverage
  • [x] CodeFactor check: Package improves or maintains good style
• [x] Documentation
  • [x] Any new or modified functions or data have roxygen style documentation in their .R scripts
  • [x] Any longer functions are commented inline so that it is easier to debug in the future
  • [x] PR description above and the NEWS.md file are aligned
  • [x] DESCRIPTION file version is bumped by the appropriate increment (major, minor, patch)

[codecov[bot]]

Codecov Report

Merging #234 (2b1bbc0) into main (af43d00) will decrease coverage by 2.60%. The diff coverage is 66.66%.

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  Lines         603      869     +266     
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+ Hits          448      623     +175     
- Misses        155      246      +91     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
R/manydata-defunct.R	0.00% <0.00%> (ø)
R/package_get.R	0.00% <0.00%> (ø)
R/data_report.R	73.71% <15.78%> (-14.92%)	:arrow_down:
R/releases_plot.R	68.04% <54.54%> (-3.66%)	:arrow_down:
R/treaties_retrieve.R	72.72% <72.72%> (ø)
R/consolidate.R	92.30% <73.68%> (-1.81%)	:arrow_down:
R/db_profile.R	87.39% <87.39%> (ø)
R/map_plot.R	96.10% <96.10%> (ø)

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