Installation

This beta version of project can be installed by running the Stata command:

net install project, from(https://github.com/chriscandelaria/project_stata/raw/main)

Description

This repository is a fork of Robert Picard’s Stata program project, containing various adaptations that Michael Stepner found useful. A description of the changes is posted below.

This is beta software and a work-in-progress.

Changelog

• You no longer need to use preserve after project, original/uses/creates/relies_on() It will no longer clear your dataset, ever. Instead it uses Stata 16’s new frames feature to efficiently update its database.
• It stores the database of projects in your Stata PERSONAL folder, not next to project.ado. That means you might need to run project, setup again even if you have already configured a previous version of project installed from the SSC.
• It standardizes the timestamp in dta files that you save and link using project, creates(). This means that if you overwrite a dataset with an identical dataset (ie nothing changed), it’s more likely that project recognizes the dataset is unchanged. It’s not perfect, for complex reasons relating to stochastic “junk” data added in various dta fields, not just the timestamp.
• It only works in Stata 16. [Because it uses frames and python]