NAME

       Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease - update the next release number in your changelog

VERSION

       version 6.030

SYNOPSIS

       In your dist.ini:

         [NextRelease]

       In your Changes file:

         {{$NEXT}}

DESCRIPTION

       Tired of having to update your Changes file by hand with the new version and release date
       / time each time you release your distribution?  Well, this plugin is for you.

       Add this plugin to your dist.ini, and the following to your Changes file:

         {{$NEXT}}

       The "NextRelease" plugin will then do 2 things:

       •   At build time, this special marker will be replaced with the version and the build
           date, to form a standard changelog header. This will be done to the in-memory file -
           the original Changes file won't be updated.

       •   After release (when running "dzil release"), since the version and build date are now
           part of your dist's history, the real Changes file (not the in-memory one) will be
           updated with this piece of information.

       The module accepts the following options in its dist.ini section:

       filename
           the name of your changelog file;  defaults to Changes

       update_filename
           the file to which to write an updated changelog to; defaults to the "filename"

       format
           sprintf-like string used to compute the next value of "{{$NEXT}}"; defaults to "%-9v
           %{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZZZZZ VVVV}d%{ (TRIAL RELEASE)}T"

       time_zone
           the timezone to use when generating the date;  defaults to local

       user_stash
           the name of the stash where the user's name and email address can be found; defaults
           to %User

       The module allows the following sprintf-like format codes in the "format":

       %v  The distribution version

       "%{-TRIAL}T"
           Expands to -TRIAL (or any other supplied string) if this is a trial release, or the
           empty string if not.  A bare %T means "%{-TRIAL}T".

       "%{-TRIAL}V"
           Equivalent to "%v%{-TRIAL}T", to allow for the application of modifiers such as space
           padding to the entire version string produced.

       "%{CLDR format}d"
           The date of the release.  You can use any CLDR format supported by DateTime.  You must
           specify the format; there is no default.

       %U  The name of the user making this release (from "user_stash").

       %E  The email address of the user making this release (from "user_stash").

       %P  The CPAN (PAUSE) id of the user making this release (from -Releaser plugins; see
           [UploadToCPAN]).

       %n  A newline

       %t  A tab

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.

SEE ALSO

       Core Dist::Zilla plugins: AutoVersion, PkgVersion, PodVersion.

       Dist::Zilla roles: AfterRelease, FileMunger, TextTemplate.

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.