[R-pkg-devel] CITATION problem

[Michael Chirico]

Hi Spencer, you have a doubled " here:

https://github.com/sbgraves237/SS4Maddison/blob/f4daa00d20af5172fb183e8cea7d57ed0a09dc4d/inst/CITATION#L4

You can try to run parse("inst/CITATION") on the file locally

Mike C

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM Spencer Graves <
spencer.graves using effectivedefense.org> wrote:

> Hello, All:
>
>
> I'm getting "Warning: Invalid citation information in ‘inst/CITATION’:
> Error in parse(con): 4:30: unexpected INCOMPLETE_STRING
>    11: )
>    12:
>                                     ^"[1]
>
>
> with my new package " sbgraves237/SS4Maddison" on GitHub.[2]
>
>
> I may be foolish to bother with this, but a CITATION file is suggested
> in Section 8.2 of Wickham and Bryan, R Packages, and I'm dutifully
> trying to do what they suggest.
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
>
> Thanks, Spencer Graves
>
>
> [1] This Warning appears in GitHub actions for this package, e.g.:
>
>
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> https://github.com/sbgraves237/SS4Maddison/actions/runs/17565658799/job/49891987005
>
>
> [2] GitHub sbgraves237/SSMaddison:
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>
> https://github.com/sbgraves237/SS4Maddison
>
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