R: Set the package version in DESCRIPTION

desc_set_version {desc} | R Documentation

## Set the package version in DESCRIPTION

### Description

Both `$set_version()` and `$bump_version()` use dots to separate the version number components.

### Usage

    desc_set_version(version, file = ".", normalize = FALSE)

### Arguments

`version` | A string or a `package_version` object.
`file` | DESCRIPTION file to use. By default the DESCRIPTION file of the current package (i.e. the package the working directory is part of) is used.
`normalize` | Whether to normalize the write when writing back the result. See `desc_normalize`.

### See Also

Other version numbers: `desc_bump_version`, `desc_get_version`

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