boilerplate 2.1.4 main project.do file {pstd} This is a template for the main .do file in a project. This is the .do file that calls all other .do files. {pstd} This is the only file that can use an absolute path. All other .do files in the project must only use relative paths. That way, if you want to share your project with someone else, or if you need to run it on another computer, you only have to change the {cmd:cd} command in this file and it will run. {pstd} The three calls to {help sysdir} will make sure that, for the duration of this Stata session, Stata will look for community contributed packages in the {cmd:ado} folder within this project folder. So when you start your project, and you have run the first part of this .do file till {cmd:cd ana} you will find no community contributed packages. You can just install what you need using either {help ssc}, {help net}, or {help github}, and those commands will install those packages in the ado folder local to this project. This means that if you hand over your project folder to someone else, that person will automatically also get the community contributed packages you installed for this project.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- version clear all macro drop _all // use only community contributed packages from // the ado directory local to this project cd "" sysdir set PLUS "`c(pwd)'/ado/plus" sysdir set PERSONAL "`c(pwd)'/ado/personal" sysdir set OLDPLACE "`c(pwd)'/ado" mata: mata mlib index // set the working directory cd ana do _dta01.do // some comment do _ana01.do // some comment exit ------------------------------------------------------------------------