package Dist::Zilla::Role::VersionProvider 6.007;
# ABSTRACT: something that provides a version number for the dist
use Moose::Role;
with 'Dist::Zilla::Role::Plugin';
use namespace::autoclean;
#pod =head1 DESCRIPTION
#pod
#pod Plugins implementing this role must provide a C<provide_version> method that
#pod will be called when setting the dist's version.
#pod
#pod If a VersionProvider offers a version but one has already been set, an
#pod exception will be raised. If C<provides_version> returns undef, it will be
#pod ignored.
#pod
#pod =cut
requires 'provide_version';
1;
#pod =head1 SEE ALSO
#pod
#pod Core Dist::Zilla plugins implementing this role:
#pod L<AutoVersion|Dist::Zilla::Plugin::AutoVersion>.
#pod
#pod =cut
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
Dist::Zilla::Role::VersionProvider - something that provides a version number for the dist
=head1 VERSION
version 6.007
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Plugins implementing this role must provide a C<provide_version> method that
will be called when setting the dist's version.
If a VersionProvider offers a version but one has already been set, an
exception will be raised. If C<provides_version> returns undef, it will be
ignored.
=head1 SEE ALSO
Core Dist::Zilla plugins implementing this role:
L<AutoVersion|Dist::Zilla::Plugin::AutoVersion>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <rjbs@cpan.org>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2016 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.
=cut