Test::CheckManifest - Check if your Manifest matches your distro
version 1.26
use Test::CheckManifest; ok_manifest();
Test::CheckManifest
There is only one method exported: ok_manifest
ok_manifest
checks whether the Manifest file matches the distro or not. To match a distro the Manifest has to name all files that come along with the distribution.
To check the Manifest file, this module searches for a file named MANIFEST.
MANIFEST
To exclude some directories from this test, you can specify these dirs in the hashref.
ok_manifest({exclude => ['/var/test/']});
is ok if the files in /path/to/your/dist/var/test/ are not named in the MANIFEST file. That means that the paths in the exclude array must be "pseudo-absolute" (absolute to your distribution).
/path/to/your/dist/var/test/
To use a "filter" you can use the key "filter"
ok_manifest({filter => [qr/\.svn/]});
With that you can exclude all files with an '.svn' in the filename or in the path from the test.
These files would be excluded (as examples):
/dist/var/.svn/test
/dist/lib/test.svn
You can also combine "filter" and "exclude" with 'and' or 'or' default is 'or':
ok_manifest({exclude => ['/var/test'], filter => [qr/\.svn/], bool => 'and'});
These files have to be named in the MANIFEST:
/var/foo/.svn/any.file
/dist/t/file.svn
/var/test/test.txt
These files not:
/var/test/.svn/*
/var/test/file.svn
Beside filter and exclude there is another way to exclude files: MANIFEST.SKIP. This is a file with filenames that should be excluded:
filter
exclude
MANIFEST.SKIP
t/my_very_own.t file_to.skip
Great thanks to Christopher H. Laco, who did a lot of testing stuff for me and he reported some bugs to RT.
Renee Baecker <module@renee-baecker.de>
This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by Renee Baecker.
This is free software, licensed under:
The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
To install Test::CheckManifest, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Test::CheckManifest
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Test::CheckManifest
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.