This function loads reproducibility meta data from a file and stores the meta information about the variable contents in the specified environment. Reproducibility meta data can be loaded from either a json (preferred) or a binary saved R object. The function returns a named list with meta information restored from file. The named elements include "hashing" indicating whether a hashing algorithm was used, "hashing_algorithm" indicating the name of the hashing algorithm, "hashing_package" indicating the name of the R package, from which the hashing algorithm was used, "hashing_package_version" indicating the package version, "digits" the numeric precision used before hashing numeric values, and "code_fingerprint" the actual hashed string of the chunk code.
Usage
load_repro_data(filename, envir, filetype = c("json", "rda"))
Value
Returns a named list with meta information restored from file. See description for more details.