R package build from source control

Question

I'm creating R package and every file related to the package needs to be locked in source control. This includes DESCRIPTION file, which is required for R packages. If this file is checked out, package is built without problems. If it is locked I get permission error. I think it is because build is trying to add date and time information to it. Is there any solution for this.

thank you.

[update 1] by "locked" I mean checked-in. I'm not building for CRAN, it is a set of R tools to be by a couple of teams inside the company

[update 2]

Error on console: * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK Warning in file(file, ifelse(append, "a", "w")) : cannot open file 'my_pkg/DESCRIPTION': Permission denied Error in file(file, ifelse(append, "a", "w")) : cannot open the connection Execution halted

Answer 1

解决该问题的一种方法是，将DESCRIPTION.template文件检入源代码管理，然后在构建过程中创建一个名为DESCRIPTION的本地副本