NAME

       Module::Install::ManifestSkip - Generate a MANIFEST.SKIP file

SYNOPSIS

           use inc::Module::Install;

           all_from 'lib/Foo.pm';

           manifest_skip;

           WriteAll;

DESCRIPTION

       This module generates a "MANIFEST.SKIP" file for you (using Module::Manifest::Skip) that
       contains the common files that people do not want in their "MANIFEST" files. The SKIP file
       is generated each time that you (the module author) run "Makefile.PL".

       You can add your own custom entries at the top of the "MANIFEST" file. Just put a blank
       line after your entries, and they will be left alone.

       This module also adds 'MANIFEST' to the "clean_files()" list so that "make clean" will
       remove your "MANIFEST".

OPTIONS

       if you don't plan on adding anything to the stock MANIFEST.SKIP and just want "make clean"
       to delete it, say this:

           manifest_skip 'clean';

THEORY

       one school of thought for release management is that you never commit your "MANIFEST"
       file. You just generate it using "make manifest", right before releasing a module, and
       then delete it afterwards.

       This is good because you never forget to add new files to your "MANIFEST".  The only
       problems are that you always need to generate a "MANIFEST.SKIP" file, and you need to add
       "MANIFEST" to your clean_files, or delete it by hand. This module does these things for
       you.

AUTHOR

       Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2010-2014. Ingy döt Net.

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

       See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>