diff --git a/dev-R/rstudioapi/Manifest b/dev-R/rstudioapi/Manifest
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+DIST rstudioapi_0.13.tar.gz 110472 BLAKE2B 0e930459dc0c5013dd19220a08edd15f4f2aaff5e1e00c34f59cde6999c5de617f60a8a4825cd7b3ebc02db672350bf6497049c2e5274b486c04a6210f316877 SHA512 608ad60d2b63e4e2c75a33431dd9a075b52d5ec3c8f7cff72e795a519d764a4e7abb7c949f61d3168183c33cc4ad0ed3f358f822fc20feb98d3cde7e92cee92c
diff --git a/dev-R/rstudioapi/metadata.xml b/dev-R/rstudioapi/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<longdescription>
+		Safely Access the RStudio API // Access the RStudio API (if
+		available) and provide informative error messages when it's
+		not.
+	</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-R/rstudioapi/rstudioapi-0.13.ebuild b/dev-R/rstudioapi/rstudioapi-0.13.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit R-packages
+
+DESCRIPTION='Safely Access the RStudio API'
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+LICENSE='MIT'