These templates are part of our guidance for package authors. Cf our gitbook in particular the chapter about collaboration.

Includes:

• CONTRIBUTING.md
• issue_template.md
• pull_request_template.md

How to use the templates:

You can use the rodev::use_ro_github() function of rodev to perform all three steps at once, or

• Put the content of dotgithub folder i.e. these three files in a .github directory in the base of your R package.
• Update the CONTRIBUTING.md file with the package name.
• Make sure to add a line with .github in your .Rbuildignore file in your package as well. E.g. run usethis::use_build_ignore(".github").

For more info on template files for GitHub repos:

• Setting guidelines for repository contributors: https://help.github.com/articles/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors/
• Issue and PR templates: https://help.github.com/articles/about-issue-and-pull-request-templates/

Note: These files are mostly not specific to rOpenSci - there are a few items in the files specific to rOpenSci, but can be easily removed.