The problem

1. Make an empty R project, e.g. test-flandersqmd.Rproj.

2. Run create_report() in the console:

flandersqmd::create_report(".", "test_report")

3. Follow minimal steps to create the report.

This creates a strange subfolder structure test-flandersqmd/test_report/test_report/test_report.Rproj.
The quarto book documents (including an test_report.Rproj) are placed in the first test_report folder, but it also contains a subfolder test_report which contains only an extra test_report.Rproj.

The solution

Somehow, copying a checklist.yml file into test-flandersqmd folder of the R project works.

1. Create this checklist.yml file into test-flandersqmd folder of the main R project

description: Configuration file for checklist::check_pkg()
package: no
allowed:
  warnings: []
  notes: []
required:
- checklist
- filename conventions
- folder conventions
- lintr
- spelling
spelling:
  default: nl-BE
  ignore:
  - .github
  - LICENSE.md

2. Redo the steps of the problem to create the report

Now, a source folder is create in test-flandersqmd where the report project with correct subfolder structure is created.