insightsengineering/BiocCheck action
Github Actions to implement R development stages for package development
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- Activelast commit Apr 3, 2026
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- Apache 2.0
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uses: insightsengineering/bioc-check-action@802ce838c55b106978fa3fa10de26dd8c189689c # v1.2.2tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?
Inputs
| name | description | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|
| path | Path to package's root | no | . |
| new-package | enable checks specific to new packages | no | false |
| post-result-as-comment | post the check result as a PR comment | no | true |
| no-check-dependencies | disable check for bad dependencies | no | false |
| no-check-deprecated | disable check for usage of deprecated packages | no | false |
| no-check-remotes | disable check for usage of remote packages other than those hosted on CRAN or Bioconductor | no | false |
| no-check-version-num | disable check for valid version number | no | false |
| no-check-R-ver | disable check for valid R version | no | false |
| no-check-pkg-size | disable check for package tarball size | no | false |
| no-check-file-size | disable check for individual file size | no | false |
| no-check-bioc-views | disable biocViews-specific checks (for non-BioC packages) | no | false |
| no-check-bbs | disable BBS-specific checks (for non-BioC packages). Valid DESCRIPTION | no | false |
| no-check-description | disable DESCRIPTION file checks | no | false |
| no-check-namespace | disable namespace checks | no | false |
| no-check-vignettes | disable vignette checks | no | false |
| no-check-library-calls | disable check usage of functions that install or update packages | no | false |
| no-check-install-self | disable check for require or library of itself | no | false |
| no-check-coding-practices | disable check for some common best coding practices | no | false |
| no-check-function-len | disable check for function length | no | false |
| no-check-man-doc | disable checks for man page documentation | no | false |
| no-check-news | disable checks for NEWS file | no | false |
| no-check-unit-tests | disable checks for unit tests | no | false |
| no-check-skip-bioc-tests | disable check for tests that skip when on bioc | no | false |
| no-check-formatting | disable checks for file formatting | no | false |
| no-check-CRAN | disable check for if package exists in CRAN | no | false |
| no-check-bioc-help | disable check for registration on Bioconductor mailing list and support site | no | false |
| build-output-file | file containing R CMD build output, for additional analysis | no | — |
| quit-with-status | enable exit code option when performing check | no | false |
| no-cache | disable github action R dependency caching | no | false |
| cache-version | version of cache. To clean cache bump this version. | no | cache-v1 |
| allow-failure | BiocCheck errors will not fail, but will give a warning. | no | false |
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