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Dist::Zilla is a Module development and release toolkit for the Perl Programming Language, which utilizes plugins to make mundane tasks easy to automate.

Dist::Zilla is a Module development and release tool-kit for the Perl Programming Language.

Dist::Zilla has a large collection of Plugins, which can be used to achieve various tasks common for module authors.

  1. Generate common tests, eg:
    1. End-of-line/whitespace checks.
    2. perl-critic tests.
    3. documentation coverage tests.
  2. Create the initial project in a customized way.
  3. Augment files in varying ways, eg:
    1. Inject $VERSION= code.
    2. Inject Boiler-plate POD documentation parts automatically ( ie: NAME, VERSION )
    3. Reformat documentation and rearrange it in user-specified ways.
  4. Automate Integration with SCM's like Git to perform various tasks, eg:
    1. Automate version incrementing by scanning git tags.
    2. Automate tagging on release.
    3. Automate maintenance of a "build" branch.
  5. Upload your distribution to CPAN for you as part of dzil release
  6. Tweet about releases.

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Abstract classes and Pod::Coverage

I've recently started to try to use Dist::Zilla for maintaining Path::Class. I added the [PodCoverageTests] plugin, and it's reporting some failures in the Path::Class::Entity class, which is the abstract base class for Path::Class::File and…
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Output '{{$NEXT}}' with Text::Template

The NextRelease plugin for Dist::Zilla looks for {{$NEXT}} in the Changes file to put the release datetime information. However, I can't get this to be generated using my profile.ini. Here's what I have: [GenerateFile / Generate-Changes ] filename …
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Dzil Release Clobbers Jar File

I have created a Perl module to provide an interface with the RNG-processing Java library Jing. The code is located here. I use [Inline::Java][3] to compile and load a small class which utilizes jing.jar, both located in the java directory, which is…
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Checking for missed empty lines in POD

I use Dist::Zilla and a bunch of plugins to check my pod, including syntax, links, coverage etc. One really annoying POD mistake that I keep repeating is to forget to add an extra line after a =headX; for example, I just created a module with pod…
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Add one untracked file with Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Gatherdir

I am using Dist::Zilla to build a Perl module. I have replaced the standard GatherDir with Git::GatherDir. But my main module lib/XY.pm is generated and therefore not under version control. How can I add it?
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Moose throwing an error when trying to build a distribution with Dist::Zilla

I'm having a bit of trouble with building a Dist::Zilla distribution. Every time I try and build it, or really do anything (i.e., test, smoke, listdeps, whatever it is), I get this error message: Attribute name must be provided before calling reader…
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"No -phase or -relationship specified" error when running dzil build

I am trying to build this Perl module: git clone git@github.com:jrockway/anyevent-subprocess.git cd anyevent-subprocess dzil authordeps --missing | cpanm dzil build But the build aborts with an error: [Test] No -phase or -relationship…
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Dist::Zilla: Getting install instructions into Readme.mkdn

I'm using Dist::Zilla to generate a README.mkdn file. I want to inject installation instructions into it using Pod::Weaver::Section::Installation. Not sure if this can be done. There's probably a better way to do this. Here is my weaver.ini file in…
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Wrong file encoding after Dist::Zilla

How can I get mojibake to pass? this might be a bug in the contributors plugin. The character does not render correctly in perldoc, but does in my vim and in the extracted git log. # Failed test 'Mojibake test for blib/lib/Pod/Spell.pm' # at…
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How should a Dist::Zilla plugin give feedback to the user?

I have a couple of Dist::Zilla plugins that I wrote when I was very new to Moose and to Dist::Zilla both, and I'm currently trying to update them to make them a bit more robust, and less error-prone. One thing I would like to do is to give the user…
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"dzil new" stopped working

I'm using perlbrew. Tested under Perl v5.16.2 and v5.14.2, on Mac OS X, Debian and Ubuntu boxes. The result is always the same: stas@Stanislaws-MacBook-Pro:~$ dzil new Some::Module [DZ] making target dir /Users/stas/Some-Module [DZ] writing files to…
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