# 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 # DESCRIPTION Minilla is a CPAN module authoring tool. Minilla provides [minil](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Module::Install), [Module::Build](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Module::Build), [Dist::Zilla](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Dist::Zilla) or [ShipIt](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?ShipIt)? Migrating is also trivial. See "MIGRATING" in [Minilla::Tutorial](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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](https://github.com/mojombo/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. - 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. - 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](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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']` 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. - script\_files script_files = ['bin/foo', 'script/*'] Minilla sets install script files as `['script/*', 'bin/*']` by default. - build.build\_class Specify a custom Module::Build subclass. [build] build_class = builder::MyBuilder - 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. # FAQ - 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](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Dist::Milla), the sister project of Minilla. [Dist::Milla](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Dist::Milla). - And why... Yes. You can use [Dist::Milla](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Minilla::CLI::Migrate) for more details. # AUTHORS Tokuhiro Matsuno < tokuhirom@gmail.com > Tatsuhiko Miyagawa # THANKS TO RJBS, the author of [Dist::Zilla](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Dist::Zilla). [Dist::Zilla](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?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.