Create .Rprofile automatically when creating new project

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Per the documentation on Startup, you don't need to have a separate .Rprofile for each project:

Then, unless --no-init-file was given, R searches for a user profile, a file of R code. The path of this file can be specified by the R_PROFILE_USER environment variable (and tilde expansion will be performed). If this is unset, a file called ‘.Rprofile’ is searched for in the current directory or in the user's home directory (in that order). The user profile file is sourced into the workspace.

So, if you don't put a .Rprofile in the working directory, then it will check the home directory -- or you can set the appropriate environment variable.

That said, it's worth reading this discussion of what does and doesn't belong in the .Rprofile, if you haven't previously:

Which Packages Get Loaded?

Installing tidyverse is the first thing I did on my new work computer. It installs >50% of the packages I use on a daily basis. But, when I call library(tidyverse), only a few of them load! Is there a reason some load but not the others? How did that decision get made? My friend Eric started a petition about this topic. I personally prefer stringr to lubridate, for what it's worth: https://www.change.org/p/hadley-wickham-load-lubridate-with-library-tidyverse