# Appendix A: how to set up a working environment and layout a reproducible R script:

Add `renv` and explanation of `here`

```
# R Setup -----------------------------------------------------------------
setwd("/Users/kidwellj/gits/hacking_religion_textbook/hacking_religion")
library(here) # much better way to manage working paths in R across multiple instances
here::i_am("chapter_1.qmd")

# Set up local workspace, as needed: --------------------------------------

# Set up paths in case they haven't already been created

if (dir.exists(here("data")) == FALSE) {
  dir.create(here("data")) 
}

# Note, these two paths are excluded from github as it is best practice in reproducible research for end-user to generate their own

if (dir.exists(here("figures")) == FALSE) {
  dir.create(here("figures"))
}

if (dir.exists(here("derivedData")) == FALSE) {
  dir.create(here("derivedData"))
}