NAME Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Twitter - Twitter when you release with Dist::Zilla VERSION version 0.014 SYNOPSIS In your "dist.ini": [Twitter] hash_tags = #foo url_shortener = TinyURL In your ".netrc": machine api.twitter.com login YOUR_TWITTER_USER_NAME password YOUR_TWITTER_PASSWORD DESCRIPTION This plugin will use Net::Twitter with the login and password in your ".netrc" file to send a release notice to Twitter. By default, it will include a link to your README file as extracted on a fast CPAN mirror. This works very nicely with Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ReadmeFromPod. The default configuration is as follows: [Twitter] tweet_url = http://cpan.cpantesters.org/authors/id/{{$AUTHOR_PATH}}/{{$DIST}}-{{$VERSION}}{{$TRIAL}}.readme tweet = Released {{$DIST}}-{{$VERSION}}{{$TRIAL}} {{$URL}} url_shortener = TinyURL The "tweet_url" is shortened with WWW::Shorten::TinyURL or whichever other service you choose and appended to the "tweet" message. The following variables are available for substitution in the URL and message templates: DIST # Foo-Bar ABSTRACT # Foo-Bar is a module that FooBars VERSION # 1.23 TRIAL # -TRIAL if is_trial, empty string otherwise. TARBALL # Foo-Bar-1.23.tar.gz AUTHOR_UC # JOHNDOE AUTHOR_LC # johndoe AUTHOR_PATH # J/JO/JOHNDOE URL # http://tinyurl.com/... You must be using the "UploadToCPAN" or "FakeRelease" plugin for this plugin to determine your CPAN author ID. You can use the "hash_tags" option to append hash tags (or anything, really) to the end of the message generated from "tweet". [Twitter] hash_tags = #perl #cpan #foo SUPPORT Bugs / Feature Requests Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at . You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue. Source Code This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license. git clone https://github.com/dagolden/dist-zilla-plugin-twitter.git AUTHOR David Golden COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by David Golden. This is free software, licensed under: The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004