NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::GitFmtChanges - Build CHANGES file from a project's git log using git log format.

VERSION

version 0.006

SYNOPSIS

In your dist.ini:

    [GitFmtChanges]
    max_age     = 365
    tag_regexp  = ^v\d+\.\d+$
    file_name   = CHANGES
    log_format  = medium

The example values are the defaults.

DESCRIPTION

This Dist::Zilla plugin writes a CHANGES file that contains formatted commit information from recent git logs. The CHANGES file is formatted using the "--format" option of the git log command. This makes it easy to make the CHANGES file look the way you want it to.

This is based on Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ChangelogFromGit.

This plugin has the following configuration variables:

• max_age

  It may be impractical to include the full change log in a mature project's distribution. "max_age" limits the changes to the most recent ones within a number of days. The default is about one year.

  Include two years of changes:

      max_age = 730
  

• tag_regexp

  This plugin breaks the changelog into sections delineated by releases, which are defined by release tags. "tag_regexp" may be used to focus only on those tags that follow a particular release tagging format. Some of the author's repositories contain multiple projects, each with their own specific release tag formats, so that changelogs can focus on particular projects' tags. For instance, POE::Test::Loops' release tags may be specified as:

      tag_regexp = ^ptl-
  

• file_name

  Everyone has a preference for their change logs. If you prefer lowercase in your change log file names, you might specify:

      file_name = Changes
  

• log_format

  Define the format used for the change listing in the CHANGES file. This option is passed through to the git log command. One can use the predefined formats, such as 'oneline', 'short', 'medium' etc.

      log_format = short
  

  Or one can exersize more control by using the "format" formatting. The following example will give the author and date, a newline, and the "subject" of the change.

      log_format = %ai%n%s
  

AUTHOR

Kathryn Andersen <perlkat@katspace.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is based on Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ChangelogFromGit by Rocco Caputo.

This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Kathryn Andersen.

This is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language itself.