Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease - update the next release number in your changelog
version 4.300037
In your dist.ini:
[NextRelease]
In your Changes file:
{{$NEXT}}
Tired of having to update your Changes file by hand with the new version and release date / time each time you release your distribution? Well, this plugin is for you.
Add this plugin to your dist.ini, and the following to your Changes file:
The NextRelease plugin will then do 2 things:
NextRelease
At build time, this special marker will be replaced with the version and the build date, to form a standard changelog header. This will be done to the in-memory file - the original Changes file won't be updated.
After release (when running dzil release), since the version and build date are now part of your dist's history, the real Changes file (not the in-memory one) will be updated with this piece of information.
dzil release
The module accepts the following options in its dist.ini section:
the name of your changelog file; defaults to Changes
the file to which to write an updated changelog to; defaults to the filename
filename
sprintf-like string used to compute the next value of {{$NEXT}}; defaults to %-9v %{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss VVVV}d
%-9v %{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss VVVV}d
the timezone to use when generating the date; defaults to local
the name of the stash where the user's name and email address can be found; defaults to %User
%User
The module allows the following sprintf-like format codes in the format:
format
%v
The distribution version
%{-TRIAL}T
Expands to -TRIAL (or any other supplied string) if this is a trial release, or the empty string if not. A bare %T means %{-TRIAL}T.
%T
%{-TRIAL}V
Equivalent to %v%{-TRIAL}T, to allow for the application of modifiers such as space padding to the entire version string produced.
%v%{-TRIAL}T
%{CLDR format}d
The date of the release. You can use any CLDR format supported by DateTime. You must specify the format; there is no default.
%U
The name of the user making this release (from user_stash).
user_stash
%E
The email address of the user making this release (from user_stash).
%n
A newline
%t
A tab
Core Dist::Zilla plugins: AutoVersion, PkgVersion, PodVersion.
Dist::Zilla roles: AfterRelease, FileMunger, TextTemplate.
Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Ricardo SIGNES.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
To install Dist::Zilla, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Dist::Zilla
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Dist::Zilla
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.