Running a pre-build script when building an R package

Question

I have a package that uses both Rcpp and Roxygen2. I'd like to have R CMD build run a small prebuild script that runs compileAttributes() and and roxygenise() before it starting the build process. Is there a hook or mechanism to do this?

Answer 1

As @mnel suggested, you could use a build script using devtools. Say a script named build.r:

library(devtools)
document()
compileAttributes()
someotherscript()
build()