Isn't that what the article describes? The core of the article is first recommendations on writing scripts to disambiguate cleanup tasks in data and organizati

Isn't that what the article describes? The core of the article is first recommendations on writing scripts to disambiguate cleanup tasks in data and organization/records management of files. It's then recommendations to use open source languages for scripting / analysis and for using git to maintain it all. The trouble you run into is in the phrase "Provide clear ways to reproduce all the results." There is "clear ways to," then there is "an exact method to." Academic life is cutthroat and research tenure and continued employment rely on showing that other peers are using their research. It's common practice to write an article in such a way that it looks "clear" but requires consultation with the researcher to understand precisely. Ambiguity is part and parcel. The tough need here is core journals in each field being more rigorous on the sussing out of not-quite-good-enough methods statements to force researchers to be more open.