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NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates::ReadMe - Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates ReadMe

VERSION

Version 0.002, released on 2015-08-11 23:13 UTC.

WHAT?

Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates (or just Templates) is a Dist-Zilla plugin allowing developers to insert fragments of Perl code into arbitrary text files, which become templates. When building a distribution with Dist::Zilla, Templates plugin evaluates these fragments, and replaces each fragment with result of its evaluation.

This is Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates readme. It covers general topics like getting source, building, installing, bug reporting and some others.

If you want to convert any text file into template, read the manual. If you are going to hack or extend Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates, read the module documentation.

WHY?

Err… TODO

NAMING

perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates is official software name.

However, in Perl world prefix "perl-" is redundant and not used. For example, on meta::cpan this software is named as Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates. In the rest of the documentation shortened name Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates is used as synonym for full name perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates. We are in the Perl world, aren't we?

You may notice that name may be spelled with dashes (Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates) or with double colons (Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates). Strictly speaking, there is difference: the first one is software name, while the second is name of Perl package, but often these names are interchangeable especially if software consists of single package.

FORMS

You may face Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates in source or distribution forms.

If you are going to convert any text file into template, you will likely be interested in using Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates distribution. If you are going to develop (or hack) the Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates itself, you will likely need the source, not distribution.

Since Perl is an interpreting language, modules in the distribution look like sources. Actually, they are Perl source files. But they are not actual sources, because they are built (preprocessed or generated) by Dist-Zilla.

How to distinguish source and distribution:

  • Source may contain Mercurial files and directories .hgignore, .hgtags, .hg/, while distribution should not.

  • Source should contain files dist.ini, weaver.ini, while distribution may not.

  • Source should not contain xt/ directory, while distribution should.

  • Name of source directory does not include version (e. g. Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates), while name of distribution does (e. g. Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates-0.007).

SOURCE

Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates source is in Mercurial repository hosted on fedorapeople.org. To clone the entire repository:

$ hg clone https://vandebugger.fedorapeople.org/hg/perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates

Source Files

Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates source files usually include a comment near the top of the file:

This file is part of perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates.

Not all source files are included into distribution. Some source files are used at distribution build time only, and not required for installation.

DISTRIBUTION

Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates distributions are published on CPAN.

Generated Files

Distribution may contain files preprocessed or generated by Dist-Zilla and its plugins. Some generated files are made from Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates source, but some are generated from third-party templates. Files generated from third-party templates usually include a comment near the top of the file:

This file was generated with NAME

(where NAME is a name of the plugin generated the file). Such files are not part of Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates source, and Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates copyright and license are not applicable to such files.

INSTALLING

With cpanm

cpanm tool is (probably) the easiest way to install distribution. It automates downloading, building, testing, installing, and uninstalling.

To install the latest version from CPAN:

$ cpanm Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates

To install a specific version (e. g. 0.007) from CPAN:

$ cpanm Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates@0.007

To install locally available distribution (e. g. previously downloaded from CPAN or built from sources):

$ cpanm ./Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates-0.007.tar.gz

To uninstall the distribution:

$ cpanm -U Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates

Manually

To install distribution tarball manually (let us assume you have version 0.007 of the distribution):

$ tar xaf Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates-0.007.tar.gz
$ cd Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates-0.007
$ perl Build.PL
$ ./Build build
$ ./Build test
$ ./Build install

See Also

How to install CPAN modules

HACKING

For hacking, you will need Mercurial, Perl interpreter and Dist-Zilla (with some plugins), and likely cpanm to install missed parts.

Clone the repository first:

$ hg clone https://vandebugger.fedorapeople.org/hg/perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates
$ cd perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates

To build a distribution from the source, run:

$ dzil build

If required Dist-Zilla plugins are missed, dzil tool will warn you and show the command to install all the required plugins, e. g.:

Required plugin Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Test::EOL isn't installed.

Run 'dzil authordeps' to see a list of all required plugins.
You can pipe the list to your CPAN client to install or update them:

    dzil authordeps --missing | cpanm

To run the tests:

$ dzil test

To run all the tests, including release tests:

$ dzil test --release

To install the distribution:

$ dzil install

or

$ cpanm ./Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates-VERSION.tar.gz

where VERSION is a version of built distribution.

To clean the directory:

$ dzil clean

DOCUMENTATION

Online

The easiest way is browsing the documentation online at meta::cpan.

Locally Installed

If you have the distribution installed, use perldoc tool to browse locally installed documentation:

$ perldoc Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates::ReadMe
$ perldoc Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates::Manual
$ perldoc Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates

Built from Source

Build Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates first (see "HACKING"), then:

$ cd Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates-VERSION
$ perldoc Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates::ReadMe
$ perldoc Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates::Manual
$ perldoc Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Templates

where VERSION is a version of built distribution.

FEEDBACK

CPAN Request Tracker

The quickest way to report a bug in Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates is by sending email to bug-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates [at] rt.cpan.org.

CPAN request tracker can be used via web interface also:

Browse bugs

Browsing bugs does not require authentication.

Report bugs

You need to be a CPAN author, have a BitCard account, or OpenID in order to report bugs via the web interface.

(On 2015-04-27 I have logged in successfully with my LiveJournal OpenID, but my Google OpenID did not work for CPAN. I did not check other OpenID providers.)

Send Email to Author

As a last resort, send email to author: Van de Bugger <van.de.bugger@gmail.com>. Please start message subject with "perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates:".

GLOSSARY

CPAN

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, a large collection of Perl software and documentation. See cpan.org, What is CPAN?.

Distribution

Tarball, containing Perl modules and accompanying files (documentation, metainfo, tests). Usually distributions are uploaded to CPAN, and can be installed with dedicated tools (cpan, cpanm, and others).

Module

Perl library file, usually with .pm suffix. Usually contains one package. See perlmod.

Package

Perl language construct. See package and perlmod.

SEE ALSO

Dist::Zilla

AUTHOR

Van de Bugger <van.de.bugger@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright © 2015 Van de Bugger

This file is part of perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates.

perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with perl-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Templates. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.