NAME

       Dist::Zilla::Plugin::GatherDir - gather all the files in a directory

VERSION

       version 6.030

DESCRIPTION

       This is a very, very simple FileGatherer plugin.  It looks in the directory named in the
       "root" attribute and adds all the files it finds there.  If the root begins with a tilde,
       the tilde is passed through "glob()" first.

       Almost every dist will be built with one GatherDir plugin, since it's the easiest way to
       get files from disk into your dist.  Most users just need:

         [GatherDir]
         [PruneCruft]

       ...and this will pick up all the files from the current directory into the dist.
       (PruneCruft is needed, here, to drop files that might present as build artifacts, but
       should not be shipped.)  You can use it multiple times, as you can any other plugin, by
       providing a plugin name.  For example, if you want to include external specification files
       into a subdir of your dist, you might write:

         [GatherDir]
         ; this plugin needs no config and gathers most of your files

         [GatherDir / SpecFiles]
         ; this plugin gets all the files in the root dir and adds them under ./spec
         root   = ~/projects/my-project/spec
         prefix = spec

PERL VERSION

       This module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5
       Porters.  This means it should work on any version of perl released in the last two to
       three years.  (That is, if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module
       should work on both v5.40 and v5.38.)

       Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the minimum
       required version will not be increased.  The version may be increased for any reason, and
       there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.

ATTRIBUTES

   root
       This is the directory in which to look for files.  If not given, it defaults to the dist
       root -- generally, the place where your dist.ini or other configuration file is located.

   prefix
       This parameter can be set to place the gathered files under a particular directory.  See
       the description above for an example.

   include_dotfiles
       By default, files will not be included if they begin with a dot.  This goes both for files
       and for directories relative to the "root".

       In almost all cases, the default value (false) is correct.

   follow_symlinks
       By default, symlinks pointing to directories will not be followed; set "follow_symlinks =
       1" to traverse these links as if they were normal directories.

       In all followed directories, files which are symlinks are always gathered, with the link
       turning into a normal file.

   exclude_filename
       To exclude certain files from being gathered, use the "exclude_filename" option.  The
       filename is matched exactly, relative to "root".  This may be used multiple times to
       specify multiple files to exclude.

   exclude_match
       This is just like "exclude_filename" but provides a regular expression pattern.  Filenames
       matching the pattern (relative to "root")  are not gathered.  This may be used multiple
       times to specify multiple patterns to exclude.

   prune_directory
       While traversing, any directory matching the regular expression pattern will not be
       traversed further. This may be used multiple times to specify multiple directories to
       skip.

AUTHOR

       Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2023 by Ricardo SIGNES.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.