In R if I just want to test an idea I create a scratch project in /tmp . This will removed automatically on the next boot. This makes it easy to setup scratch folders without leaving much clutter behind. The problem is that the next time you open R after a reboot it will complaint about not finding the previous workspace. I also do the same thing with Markdown files and folders. To help me manage this I have a new_project bash script in my bin folder that goes like this (only .r and .md versions shown but can easily be extended for your needs)
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
__usage="usage: new_project name <type>
type can be one of md, r, or any other... and accordingly it should open
and setup different folder structures
name will be the folder name where the project exists.
"
make_folder () {
mkdir -p "$1"
cd "$1"
}
project_md (){
make_folder "$1"
local today_file="$(date +%F).md"
if test ! -f "$today_file"; then
touch "$today_file"
fi
open -a "/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/" "$today_file"
}
project_r (){
make_folder "$1"
local today_file="$(date +%F).r"
if test ! -f "$today_file"; then
touch "$today_file"
fi
open -a "/Applications/RStudio.app" "$today_file"
}
# Start logic bellow this line
if [ "$#" != 2 ]; then
echo "$__usage"
exit 1
fi
if [ "$2" = "r" ]; then
project_r $1
fi
if [ "$2" = "md" ]; then
project_md $1
fi