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NAME

App::CPAN::Changes - CLI for CPAN::Changes

VERSION

This document describes version 0.003 of App::CPAN::Changes (from Perl distribution App-CPAN-Changes), released on 2017-07-14.

SYNOPSIS

See included script cpan-changes.

FUNCTIONS

add_release

Usage:

 add_release(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Add a new release.

This function is not exported.

This function supports dry-run operation.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • changes* => array[str]

  • date* => date

  • file => str

    If not specified, will look for file called Changes/CHANGELOG/etc in current directory.

  • note => str

  • version* => str

Special arguments:

  • -dry_run => bool

    Pass -dry_run=>1 to enable simulation mode.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

check

Usage:

 check(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Check for parsing errors in Changes file.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • file => str

    If not specified, will look for file called Changes/CHANGELOG/etc in current directory.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

dump

Usage:

 dump(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Dump Changes as JSON structure.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • file => str

    If not specified, will look for file called Changes/CHANGELOG/etc in current directory.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

preamble

Usage:

 preamble(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Get/set preamble.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • file => str

    If not specified, will look for file called Changes/CHANGELOG/etc in current directory.

  • preamble => str

    Set new preamble.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

release

Usage:

 release(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Return information (JSON object dump) of a specific release.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • file => str

    If not specified, will look for file called Changes/CHANGELOG/etc in current directory.

  • version* => str

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-CPAN-Changes.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-CPAN-Changes.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-CPAN-Changes

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

CPAN::Changes

parse-cpan-changes (from App::ParseCPANChanges)

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017, 2016 by perlancar@cpan.org.

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