error reporting large directories

[aronatkins]

Set-up:

# create a new project
usethis::create_project("~/Desktop/many-files")
# within the project, create a shiny application
writeLines(c(
        "shinyApp(ui = fluidPage('so many files.'), server = function(input, output){})"
    ), "app.R")
# create many (tiny) files
dir.create("so-many-files")
for (each in seq_len(1001)) { writeLines(character(0), file.path("so-many-files", paste0(each, ".txt")))}

Error:

rsconnect::writeManifest()
#> ℹ Capturing R dependencies with renv
#> Error in dirname(root): a character vector argument expected

^{Created on 2023-08-22 with reprex v2.0.2}

[aronatkins]

This may be related to rstudio/renv#1657.

Additionally, renv has its own renv.config.dependencies.limit option that is used to control the number of files allowed when scanning for dependencies.

rsconnect should mirror its rsconnect.max.bundle.files value onto renv.config.dependencies.limit before using renv::dependencies().

[aronatkins]

The stack from the rsconnect::writeManifest() error:

21: dirname(root) at dependencies.R#429
20: nchar(prefix)
19: substring(string, 1, nchar(prefix)) at bootstrap.R#36
18: startswith(path, root) at path.R#147
17: renv_path_relative(path, dirname(root)) at dependencies.R#429
16: renv_dependencies_find_dir_children(path, root, depth) at dependencies.R#399
15: renv_dependencies_find_dir(path, root, depth) at dependencies.R#376
14: FUN(X[[i]], ...)
13: lapply(x, f, ...) at utils-map.R#57
12: map(children, renv_dependencies_find_impl, root = root, depth = depth) at dependencies.R#406
11: renv_dependencies_find_dir(path, root, depth) at dependencies.R#376
10: FUN(X[[i]], ...)
9: lapply(path, renv_dependencies_find_impl, root = root, depth = 0) at dependencies.R#353
8: renv_dependencies_find(path, root) at dependencies.R#236
7: renv_dependencies_impl(path = path, root = root, quiet = quiet, 
       progress = progress, errors = errors, dev = dev, ...) at dependencies.R#195
6: renv::dependencies(bundleDir) at bundlePackageRenv.R#14
5: snapshotRenvDependencies(bundleDir, extraPackages, verbose = verbose) at bundlePackage.R#66
4: computePackageDependencies(bundleDir, extraPackages, quiet = quiet, 
       verbose = verbose) at bundlePackage.R#7
3: bundlePackages(bundleDir = appDir, extraPackages = extraPackages, 
       verbose = verbose, quiet = quiet) at bundle.R#118
2: createAppManifest(appDir = bundleDir, appMetadata = appMetadata, 
       pythonConfig = pythonConfig, retainPackratDirectory = FALSE, 
       image = image, verbose = verbose, quiet = quiet) at writeManifest.R#58
1: rsconnect::writeManifest()

[aronatkins]

Caused by rstudio/renv#1658

[aronatkins]

Workaround: Avoid renv large-directory enforcement.

options(rsconnect.max.bundle.files = 100000, renv.config.dependencies.limit = 100000)