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Dist-Conformance-0.001
/ conformance

NAME

conformance - Check a repository against its flavor of the standards, and bring it up to date

VERSION

version 0.001

SYNOPSIS

conformance check  [--root DIR] [--json] [--offline] [--cache DIR] [--standards DIR]
conformance update [--root DIR] [--dry-run] [--json] [--offline] [--cache DIR] [--standards DIR]
conformance help

DESCRIPTION

Reads .conformance.yml at the root of a checkout, fetches the standards that it names, and runs the checks of its flavor. Dist::Conformance says what the pieces are, Dist::Conformance::Config what .conformance.yml holds, and Dist::Conformance::Check what each check looks at.

FUNCTIONS

main

(@arguments). Runs the program, and returns its exit status.

report_check

($conformance, \%options). The output of check, and the exit status.

report_update

($conformance, \%options). The output of update, and the exit status.

heading

($conformance). The first line of a report: the flavor and the source.

json_of

($conformance, %fields). The JSON of a report.

show_synopsis

($status). Prints the synopsis, to standard output for help and to standard error otherwise, and returns $status.

COMMANDS

check

Prints one line for each check of the flavor: its status, its name and the detail, then a count of each status. Exits 1 when a check fails, and 0 otherwise, so info and skip do not fail a run.

update

Fetches the latest standards, and applies every automatic fix: it writes the files that the checks can write, and installs the git hooks. Prints one line for each change, and each thing that only a person can do. With --dry-run it changes nothing, and prints what it would change. Exits 0 when it ran, whatever it left for a person; run check afterwards to see what still fails.

help

Prints this.

OPTIONS

--root DIR

The checkout. Default the current directory.

--json

Prints the results as one JSON object instead: command, flavor, source, and results, which is the array that "check" in Dist::Conformance or "update" in Dist::Conformance returns. For check it has failed too, and for update, dry_run.

--dry-run

For update: write nothing.

--offline

Do not fetch a git source; use the copy in the cache, and fail when there is none.

--cache DIR

The directory of the cached clones. Default dist-conformance under $XDG_CACHE_HOME, or ~/.cache.

--standards DIR

Read the standards from DIR instead of the git or directory that .conformance.yml names, keeping its path. For trying a change to the standards before you push it.

EXIT STATUS

0 when it ran and nothing failed, 1 when check found a failure, and 2 when it could not run: a bad option, a missing or invalid .conformance.yml or flavor, or a fetch that failed. The reason goes to standard error.

SEE ALSO

Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this module.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/Troglodyne-Internet-Widgets/Dist-Conformance/issues

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHORS

Current Maintainers:

  • George S. Baugh <george@troglodyne.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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