Check whether an artifact would change if saved now — st_changed • stamp

Compares the current object/code/file to the latest saved metadata (from the sidecar) and reports if a change is detected.

Usage

st_changed(
  path,
  x = NULL,
  code = NULL,
  mode = c("any", "content", "code", "file"),
  alias = NULL
)

Arguments

path: Artifact path on disk.
x: Current in-memory object (for content comparison).
code: Optional function/expression/character (for code comparison).
mode: Which changes to check: "content", "code", "file", or "any".
alias: Optional character alias to identify this stamp folder. If NULL, uses "default" for backwards compatibility.

Value

A list: list(changed = , reason = , detail = )