NAME

Minilla - CPAN module authoring tool

SYNOPSIS

minil new     - Create a new dist
minil test    - Run test cases
minil dist    - Make your dist tarball
minil install - Install your dist
minil release - Release your dist to CPAN
minil run     - Run arbitrary commands against build dir

DESCRIPTION

Minilla is a CPAN module authoring tool. Minilla provides minil command for authorizing a CPAN distribution.

(M::I - inc) + shipit + (dzil - plugins)

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT RELEASE. API MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

MOTIVATION

CONVENTION

As stated above, Minilla is opinionated. Minilla has a bold assumption and convention like the followings, which are almost compatible to the sister project Dist::Milla.

• Your module written in Pure Perl are located in lib/.
• Your executable file is in script/ directory, if any
• Your module is maintained with Git and git ls-files matches with what you will release
• Your module has a static list of prerequisites that can be described in cpanfile
• Your module has a Changes file

GETTING STARTED

# First time only
% cpanm Minilla
# Minilla has only a few deps. It should be very quick

# Make a new distribution
% minil new Dist-Name
% cd Dist-Name/

# Git commit
% git commit -m "initial commit"

# Hack your code!
% $EDITOR lib/Dist/Name.pm t/dist-name.t cpanfile

# Done? Test and release it!
% minil release

It's that easy.

You already have distributions with Module::Install, Module::Build, Dist::Zilla or ShipIt? Migrating is also trivial. See "MIGRATING" in Minilla::Tutorial for more details.

WHY MINILLA?

Repository managed by Minilla is git install ready.

The repository created and managed by Minilla is git install ready. You can install the library by cpanm git://....

Of course, you can install Minilla from cpanm git://github.com/tokuhirom/Minilla.git.

Minilla is built on small libraries.

Minilla is built on only few small libraries. You can install Minilla without a huge list of dependencies to heavy modules.

And, what is Minilla?

Minilla is a Kaiju (Japanese giant monster) from the Godzilla series of films and is the first of several young Godzillas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minilla

CONFIGURATION

Minilla uses Convention over Configuration.

But, you can write configurations to minil.toml file in TOML format. Minilla reads the minil.toml file in the root directory of your project.

• name

  You can write 'name' instead of automatically detecting project name out of the directory name.

• readme_from

  readme_from="lib/My/Foo.pod"
  

  You can specify the file to generate the README.md. This is a main module path by default.

• tag_format

  tag_format="perl/%v"
  

  format of the tag to apply. Defaults to %v. %v will replace with the distribution version.

• abstract_from

  abstract_from="lib/My/Foo.pod"
  

  Grab abstract information from the file contains pod.

• authors_from

  authors_from="lib/My/Foo.pod"
  

  Grab authors information from the file contains pod.

• authority

  authority = "cpan:TOKUHIROM"
  

  Set x_authority attribute to META. See http://jawnsy.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/what-is-x_authority/ for more details.

• allow_pureperl

  allow_pureperl=1
  

  A bool indicating the module is still functional without its XS parts. When an XS module is build with --pureperl_only, it will otherwise fail.

  It affects to Module::Build 0.4005+ only.

• no_github_issues

  no_github_issues=true
  

  Minilla sets bugtracker as github issues by default. But if you want to use RT, you can set this variable.

• no_index

  [no_index]
  directory=['t', 'xt', 'tools']
  

  Minilla sets META.json's no_index as directory => ['t', 'xt', 'inc', 'share', 'eg', 'examples', 'author', 'builder'] by default. But if you want to change them, you can set this section variable. If this section is set, specified variables are only used, in fact default settings are not merged.

• c_source

  c_source = ['src']
  

  A directory which contains C source files that the rest of the build may depend on. Any ".c" files in the directory will be compiled to object files. The directory will be added to the search path during the compilation and linking phases of any C or XS files.

• script_files

  script_files = ['bin/foo', 'script/*']
  

  Minilla sets install script files as ['script/*', 'bin/*'] by default.

• license

  license="artistic_2"
  

  You can specify your favorite license on minil.toml. The license key is same as CPAN Meta spec 2.0. See CPAN::Meta::Spec.

• badges

  badges = ['travis', 'coveralls']
  

  Embed badges image (e.g. Travis-CI) to README.md. It ought to be array and each elements must be service name. Now, supported services are only 'travis' and 'coveralls'.

• PL_files

  Specify the PL files.

  [PL_files]
  lib/Foo/Bar.pm.PL="lib/Foo/Bar.pm"
  

• build.build_class

  Specify a custom Module::Build subclass.

  [build]
  build_class = "builder::MyBuilder"
  

• XSUtil.needs_compiler_c99

  [XSUtil]
  needs_compiler_c99 = 1
  

  You can specify needs_compiler_c99 parameter of Module::Build::XSUtil.

• XSUtil.needs_compiler_cpp

  [XSUtil]
  needs_compiler_cpp = 1
  

  You can specify needs_compiler_cpp parameter of Module::Build::XSUtil.

• XSUtil.generate_ppport_h

  [XSUtil]
  generate_ppport_h = 1
  

  You can specify generate_ppport_h parameter of Module::Build::XSUtil.

• XSUtil.generate_xshelper_h

  [XSUtil]
  generate_xshelper_h = 1
  

  You can specify generate_xshelper_h parameter of Module::Build::XSUtil.

• XSUtil.cc_warnings

  [XSUtil]
  cc_warnings = 1
  

  You can specify cc_warnings parameter of Module::Build::XSUtil.

• FileGatherer.exclude_match

  [FileGatherer]
  exclude_match=['^author_tools/.*']
  

  Nothing by default. To exclude certain files from being gathered into dist, use the exclude_match option. Files matching the patterns are not gathered.

• FileGatherer.include_dotfiles

  [FileGatherer]
  include_dotfiles=false
  

  By default, files will not be included in dist if they begin with a dot. This goes both for files and for directories.

  In almost all cases, the default value (false) is correct.

• release.pause_config

  [release]
  pause_config="/path/to/some/.pause"
  

  By setting this value to another PAUSE configuration file (see "CONFIGURATION" in cpan_upload for the details), it is possible to use another PAUSE server (or anything good enough to mimick its upload process) for the release step.

  To do so, simply add a upload_uri entry in your file to the alternate PAUSE server, i.e :

  upload_uri http://127.0.0.1:5000/pause/authenquery
  

  Note that this feature is not officially documented in CPAN::Uploader.

FAQ

• How can I manage contributors section?

  Minilla aggregates contributors list from git log --format="%aN <%aE>" | sort | uniq.

  You can merge accounts by .mailmap file. See https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-shortlog.html

• Why don't you provide plug-in support?

  If you want to pluggable thing, it's already exist dzil :P And if you like a behavior like Minilla, you can use Dist::Milla, the sister project of Minilla. Dist::Milla's behavior is mostly like Minilla.

• Why minil only supports git?

  I think git is a best VC for CPAN modules, for now.

  If you want to use another version control system, you can probably use Dist::Milla.

• And why...

  Yes. You can use Dist::Milla.

• Should I add (META.json|Build.PL) to repository?

  Yes. You need to add it to make your git repo installable via cpanm.

• How do I manage ppport.h?

  Is there a reason to remove ppport.h from repo?

• How can I install script files?

  Your executables must be in script/. It's Module::Build::Tiny's rule.

• How to switch from Module::Install/Module::Build/Dist::Zilla?

  You can use experimental `minil migrate` sub-command. See Minilla::CLI::Migrate for more details.

AUTHORS

Tokuhiro Matsuno < tokuhirom@gmail.com >

Tatsuhiko Miyagawa

THANKS TO

RJBS, the author of Dist::Zilla. Dist::Zilla points CPAN authorizing tool.

SEE ALSO

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Tokuhiro Matsuno

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.