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NAME

       Dist::Zilla - distribution builder; installer not included!

VERSION

       version 5.008

DESCRIPTION

       Dist::Zilla builds distributions of code to be uploaded to the CPAN.  In this respect, it
       is like ExtUtils::MakeMaker, Module::Build, or Module::Install.  Unlike those tools,
       however, it is not also a system for installing code that has been downloaded from the
       CPAN.  Since it's only run by authors, and is meant to be run on a repository checkout
       rather than on published, released code, it can do much more than those tools, and is free
       to make much more ludicrous demands in terms of prerequisites.

       If you have access to the web, you can learn more and find an interactive tutorial at
       dzil.org <http://dzil.org/>.  If not, try Dist::Zilla::Tutorial.

ATTRIBUTES

name
The name attribute (which is required) gives the name of the distribution to be built.
This is usually the name of the distribution's main module, with the double colons ("::")
replaced with dashes. For example: "Dist-Zilla".

version
This is the version of the distribution to be created.

abstract
This is a one-line summary of the distribution. If none is given, one will be looked for
in the "main_module" of the dist.

main_module
This is the module where Dist::Zilla might look for various defaults, like the
distribution abstract. By default, it's derived from the distribution name. If your
distribution is Foo-Bar, and lib/Foo/Bar.pm exists, that's the main_module. Otherwise,
it's the shortest-named module in the distribution. This may change!

You can override the default by specifying the file path explicitly, ie:

main_module = lib/Foo/Bar.pm

license
This is the Software::License object for this dist's license and copyright.

It will be created automatically, if possible, with the "copyright_holder" and
"copyright_year" attributes. If necessary, it will try to guess the license from the POD
of the dist's main module.

A better option is to set the "license" name in the dist's config to something
understandable, like "Perl_5".

authors
This is an arrayref of author strings, like this:

[
'Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>',
'X. Ample, Jr <example@example.biz>',
]

This is likely to change at some point in the near future.

files
This is an arrayref of objects implementing Dist::Zilla::Role::File that will, if left in
this arrayref, be built into the dist.

Non-core code should avoid altering this arrayref, but sometimes there is not other way to
change the list of files. In the future, the representation used for storing files will
be changed.

root
This is the root directory of the dist, as a Path::Class::Dir. It will nearly always be
the current working directory in which "dzil" was run.

is_trial
This attribute tells us whether or not the dist will be a trial release.

plugins
This is an arrayref of plugins that have been plugged into this Dist::Zilla object.

Non-core code must not alter this arrayref. Public access to this attribute may go away
in the future.

distmeta
This is a hashref containing the metadata about this distribution that will be stored in
META.yml or META.json. You should not alter the metadata in this hash; use a MetaProvider
plugin instead.

prereqs
This is a Dist::Zilla::Prereqs object, which is a thin layer atop CPAN::Meta::Prereqs, and
describes the distribution's prerequisites.

logger
This attribute stores a Log::Dispatchouli::Proxy object, used to log messages. By
default, a proxy to the dist's Chrome is taken.

The following methods are delegated from the Dist::Zilla object to the logger:

· log

· log_debug

· log_fatal

METHODS

   plugin_named
         my $plugin = $zilla->plugin_named( $plugin_name );

   plugins_with
         my $roles = $zilla->plugins_with( -SomeRole );

       This method returns an arrayref containing all the Dist::Zilla object's plugins that
       perform a the named role.  If the given role name begins with a dash, the dash is replaced
       with "Dist::Zilla::Role::"

   find_files
         my $files = $zilla->find_files( $finder_name );

       This method will look for a FileFinder-performing plugin with the given name and return
       the result of calling "find_files" on it.  If no plugin can be found, an exception will be
       raised.

   stash_named
         my $stash = $zilla->stash_named( $name );

       This method will return the stash with the given name, or undef if none exists.  It looks
       for a local stash (for this dist) first, then falls back to a global stash (from the
       user's global configuration).

SUPPORT

       There are usually people on "irc.perl.org" in "#distzilla", even if they're idling.

       The Dist::Zilla website <http://dzil.org/> has several valuable resources for learning to
       use Dist::Zilla.

       There is a mailing list to discuss Dist::Zilla.  You can join the list
       <http://www.listbox.com/subscribe/?list_id=139292> or browse the archives
       <http://listbox.com/member/archive/139292>.

AUTHOR

       Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013 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.