NAME

       Module::Starter - a simple starter kit for any module

VERSION

       version 1.77

SYNOPSIS

       Nothing in here is meant for public consumption.  Use module-starter from the command
       line.

           module-starter --module=Foo::Bar,Foo::Bat \
               --author="Andy Lester" --email=andy@petdance.com

DESCRIPTION

       This is the core module for Module::Starter.  If you're not looking to extend or alter the
       behavior of this module, you probably want to look at module-starter instead.

       Module::Starter is used to create a skeletal CPAN distribution, including basic builder
       scripts, tests, documentation, and module code.  This is done through just one method,
       "create_distro".

METHODS

   Module::Starter->create_distro(%args)
       "create_distro" is the only method you should need to use from outside this module; all
       the other methods are called internally by this one.

       This method creates orchestrates all the work; it creates distribution and populates it
       with the all the requires files.

       It takes a hash of params, as follows:

           distro       => $distroname,      # distribution name (defaults to first module)
           modules      => [ module names ], # modules to create in distro
           dir          => $dirname,         # directory in which to build distro
           builder      => 'Module::Build',  # defaults to ExtUtils::MakeMaker
                                             # or specify more than one builder in an
                                             # arrayref

           license      => $license,  # type of license; defaults to 'artistic2'
           author       => $author,   # author's full name (taken from C<getpwuid> if not provided)
           email        => $email,    # author's email address (taken from C<EMAIL> if not provided)
           ignores_type => $type,     # ignores file type ('generic', 'cvs', 'git', 'hg', 'manifest' )
           fatalize     => $fatalize, # generate code that makes warnings fatal

           verbose      => $verbose,  # bool: print progress messages; defaults to 0
           force        => $force     # bool: overwrite existing files; defaults to 0

       The ignores_type is a new feature that allows one to create SCM-specific ignore files.
       These are the mappings:

           ignores_type => 'generic'  # default, creates 'ignore.txt'
           ignores_type => 'cvs'      # creates .cvsignore
           ignores_type => 'git'      # creates .gitignore
           ignores_type => 'hg'       # creates .hgignore
           ignores_type => 'manifest' # creates MANIFEST.SKIP

       It is also possible to provide an array ref with multiple types wanted:

           ignores_type => [ 'git', 'manifest' ]

PLUGINS

       Module::Starter itself doesn't actually do anything.  It must load plugins that implement
       "create_distro" and other methods.  This is done by the class's "import" routine, which
       accepts a list of plugins to be loaded, in order.

       For more information, refer to Module::Starter::Plugin.

AUTHORS

       Dan Book, "<dbook at cpan.org>"

       Sawyer X, "<xsawyerx at cpan.org>"

       Andy Lester, "<petdance at cpan.org>"

       Ricardo Signes, "<rjbs at cpan.org>"

       C.J. Adams-Collier, "<cjac at colliertech.org>"

SUPPORT

       You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

           perldoc Module::Starter

       You can also look for information at:

       •   Source code at GitHub

           <https://github.com/xsawyerx/module-starter>

       •   CPAN Ratings

           <http://cpanratings.perl.org/dist/Module-Starter>

       •   GitHub issue tracker

           <https://github.com/xsawyerx/module-starter/issues>

       •   Search CPAN

           <https://metacpan.org/release/Module-Starter>

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to the bugtracker for this project on GitHub
       at: <https://github.com/xsawyerx/module-starter/issues>. I will be notified, and then
       you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2005-2009 Andy Lester, Ricardo Signes and C.J. Adams-Collier, All Rights
       Reserved.

       Copyright 2010 Sawyer X, All Rights Reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       mbtiny
           Minimal authoring tool to create and manage distributions using Module::Build::Tiny as
           an installer.

       Dist::Milla
           Easy to use and powerful authoring tool using Dist::Zilla to create and manage
           distributions.

       Minilla
           Authoring tool similar to Dist::Milla but without using Dist::Zilla.

       Dist::Zilla
           Very complex, fully pluggable and customizable distribution builder.