Point to args for import in error of deps-in-desc

NEWS.md

@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@
 - `{renv}` infra files are not checked anymore by default (#237).
 - `deps-in-desc` now checks `.Rprofile`, `.Rmd` and `.Rnw` files in addition to 
   `.R` files (#216).  
-- The location of the pre-commit executable is now also recognised on Apple Silicon
+- The location of the pre-commit executable is now also recognized on Apple Silicon
   when installed with Homebrew (#240).
+- The `deps-in-desc` hook now points to the hook argument 
+  `--allow_private_imports` when the hook fails due to private imports (#254).
 - Hook dependency updates are proposed by an automatic monthly pull request 
   (#430).
 

inst/bin/deps-in-desc

@@ -48,9 +48,16 @@ deps_in_desc <- function(file, arguments) {
   )
   if (length(private) > 0) {
     cat(
-      "You should not call any function with `:::` unless it's a function you ",
+      "You should generally not call any function with `:::` unless it's a function you ",
       "define yourself in this package. The following files have such function calls: ",
-      paste0(file, collapse = ", "),
+      paste0(file, collapse = ", "), "\n\n",
+      "If you still think `:::` is a good idea, you can ",
+      "allow private imports in your `.pre-commit-config.yaml` like this:
+
+    -   id: deps-in-desc
+        args: [--allow_private_imports]
+
+      ",
       sep = ""
     )
     out <- FALSE