bootstrap in temp dir

[JosiahParry]

I would love for the bootstrap.R to be called from within the copied directory.

I have the following in my DESCRIPTION file:

Config/build/bootstrap: TRUE
Config/build/copy-method: copy

The use case is building a Rust-based R package from within a workspace (see branch for structure https://github.com/JosiahParry/anime/tree/feat/workspace).

The bootstrap.R copies the workspace directories into the R package's src. However, doing this locally causes the changes to persist.

Adding a cleanup doesn't work because it gets called after R CMD BUILD but the changes are needed for R CMD INSTALL so using devtools::install() with a cleanup causes the bootstrap.R to run and then clean itself up and then failing to install.

Do you have a suggestion for how to accomplish this? In my ideal scenario bootstrap.R gets called from within the temp directory created by the copy-method.

[JosiahParry]

This is working to some degree but can be improved.

Edit: thought this was the issue on my anime repo 🤦🏼