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.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml

@@ -3,42 +3,56 @@ on:
   push:
   pull_request:
   schedule:
+  # Allow manual runs from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
   # every day at 21 UTC
   - cron: "0 21 * * *"
+
 name: CI-CD
 
 # renv with GitHub actions: https://rstudio.github.io/renv/articles/ci.html#github-actions
 
+
 jobs:
   CI-CD:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      # We keep a matrix for convenience, but we would typically just run on one
+      # single OS and R version, aligned with the target deployment environment
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest, r: '4.2.1'}
+
     env:
-      RENV_PATHS_ROOT: ~/.local/share/renv
+      # Access token for GitHub
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # Preserve package sources for informative references in case of errors
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
 
     steps:
+
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Setup version-stable R 4.2.1
+      - name: Setup R
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
-          r-version: 4.2.1
-
-      - name: Cache packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.RENV_PATHS_ROOT }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-renv-${{ hashFiles('**/renv.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-renv-
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          # Enable RStudio Package Manager to speed up package installation
+          use-public-rspm: true
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
-        env:
-          RHUB_PLATFORM: linux-x86_64-ubuntu-gcc
+        # This is not taken care of (yet) by r-lib/actions/setup-renv
+        # Package distro used to get the distro for the used ubuntu-latest
         run: |
-          Rscript -e "renv::install('r-hub/sysreqs')"
-          sysreqs=$(Rscript -e "cat(sysreqs::sysreq_commands('DESCRIPTION'))")
-          sudo -s eval "$sysreqs"
+          Rscript -e "install.packages(c('remotes', 'distro'))"
+          while read -r cmd
+          do
+            eval sudo $cmd
+          done < <(Rscript -e 'writeLines(with(distro::distro(), remotes::system_requirements(id, short_version)))')
 
       - name: Activate renv and restore packages with cache
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-renv@v2