Use statdown and Renv

.Rprofile

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+source("renv/activate.R")

Makefile

@@ -74,13 +74,29 @@ serve: #> Start a Hugo server
 help: #> Generate this help message
 	@gawk -f ${help_generator} $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+#
+# Rmd rendering via statdown
+#
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+# Discover all Rmd source files and derive their .md targets
+RMD_SOURCES := $(wildcard content/posts/*/index.Rmd)
+MD_TARGETS  := $(RMD_SOURCES:.Rmd=.md)
+
+# Pattern rule: render index.md from index.Rmd using statdown
+# Re-render when renv.lock changes (package version update)
+%/index.md: %/index.Rmd renv.lock
+	@echo "🔄 Rendering $<"
+	cd $* && Rscript -e 'renv::restore(prompt = FALSE); statdown::statdown_render("index.Rmd")'
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 #
 # Define file interface
 #
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
-.build_sentinel: $(wildcard content/*/*)
+.build_sentinel: $(MD_TARGETS) $(wildcard content/*/*)
 	@echo "\t 🏗️ Building site"
 	@# We call hugo with two options:
 	@#  --cleanDestinationDir, to remove deleted files

renv/.gitignore

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+library/
+local/
+cellar/
+lock/
+python/
+sandbox/
+staging/

renv/settings.json

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+{
+  "bioconductor.version": null,
+  "external.libraries": [],
+  "ignored.packages": [],
+  "package.dependency.fields": [
+    "Imports",
+    "Depends",
+    "LinkingTo"
+  ],
+  "ppm.enabled": null,
+  "ppm.ignored.urls": [],
+  "r.version": null,
+  "snapshot.dev": false,
+  "snapshot.type": "implicit",
+  "use.cache": true,
+  "vcs.ignore.cellar": true,
+  "vcs.ignore.library": true,
+  "vcs.ignore.local": true,
+  "vcs.manage.ignores": true
+}

scripts/renv.lock

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+pak::pkg_install(
+  c(
+    "knitr",
+    "tidyverse",
+    "reactable",
+    "htmltools",
+    "svglite"
+  )
+)
+renv::snapshot()
+# vim: ft=r

scripts/watch-rmd.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+WATCH_DIR="content/posts"
+
+echo "🚨 Watching ${WATCH_DIR} for changes..."
+
+inotifywait -m -e close_write --format '%w%f' -r "$WATCH_DIR" | while read FILE; do
+    if [[ "$FILE" == *.Rmd ]]; then
+        POST_DIR=$(dirname "$FILE")
+
+        echo "🔄 Change detected in $FILE. Rendering..."
+
+        (cd "$POST_DIR" && Rscript -e 'renv::restore(prompt = FALSE); statdown::statdown_render("index.Rmd")')
+
+        echo "✅ Rendered ${FILE}"
+    fi
+done