Streamlining Stata project collaboration and package management, introducing repado and reproot from the repkit package

Kristoffer Bjarkefur, Luis Eduardo San Martin and Benjamin Daniels
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Kristoffer Bjarkefur: The World Bank, DIME/LSMS
Luis Eduardo San Martin: World Bank

2024 Stata Conference from Stata Users Group

Abstract: In this presentation, we introduce two novel commands, repado and reproot, as part of the Stata package repkit, designed to streamline projects package version control and management across teams. The repado command facilitates precise version control of Stata packages within projects by establishing project-specific ado-path folders. This ensures consistent usage of package dependencies among team members and enhances reproducibility by preserving access to specific command versions, vital for revisiting older projects. Moreover, repado proves instrumental in package development, enabling seamless testing of unpublished commands alongside stable versions in diverse project environments. Complementing repado, reproot offers efficient management of root paths across projects with minimal manual intervention. Unlike existing packages addressing the same inefficiency, like setroot, reproot excels in handling multirooted projects, such as those involving Git collaboration and data sharing on diverse platforms like Dropbox or network drives. Its streamlined setup ensures rapid root path identification, even when a project's roots are in different location in a project. The setup of reproot only needs to be done once per computer for all projects. This helps optimize project navigation and facilitate seamless integration across team workflows, especially in teams and organizations collaborating on many projects.

Date: 2024-08-04
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