• NAME
• VERSION
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
  • Determining the distribution version
  • Munging the modules
• CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
  • fallback_version_provider
• SEE ALSO
• SUPPORT
• AUTHOR
• COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::RewriteVersion::Transitional - Ease the transition to [RewriteVersion] in your distribution

VERSION

version 0.009

SYNOPSIS

In your dist.ini:

    [RewriteVersion::Transitional]
    fallback_version_provider = Git::NextVersion

DESCRIPTION

This is a Dist::Zilla plugin that subclasses [RewriteVersion], to allow plugin bundles to transition from [PkgVersion] or [OurPkgVersion] to [RewriteVersion] and [BumpVersionAfterRelease] without having to manually edit the dist.ini or any .pm files.

Determining the distribution version

As with [RewriteVersion], the version can be overridden with the V environment variable, or provided through some other means by setting skip_version_provider = 1. Then, the main module (see "main module" in Dist::Zilla) in the distribution is checked for a $VERSION assignment. If one is not found, then the plugin named by the fallback_version_provider is instantiated (with any extra configuration options provided) and called to determine the version.

Munging the modules

When used in a distribution where the .pm file(s) does not contain a $VERSION declaration, this plugin will add one. If one is already present, it leaves it alone, acting just as [RewriteVersion] would.

You would then use [BumpVersionAfterRelease::Transitional] to increment the $VERSION in the .pm files in the repository.

Note: If there is more than one package in a single file, if there was any $VERSION declaration in the file, no additional declarations are added for the other packages, even if you are using the global option.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

Configuration is the same as in [RewriteVersion], with the addition of:

fallback_version_provider

Specify the name (in abbreviated form) of the plugin to use as a version provider if the version was not already set with the V environment variable. Not used if "skip_version_provider" in Dist::Zilla::Plugin::RewriteVersion is true.

Don't forget to add this plugin as a runtime-requires prerequisite in your plugin bundle!

SEE ALSO

• Dist::Zilla::Plugin::PkgVersion

• Dist::Zilla::Plugin::RewriteVersion

• Dist::Zilla::Plugin::BumpVersionAfterRelease

SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker (or bug-Dist-Zilla-Plugin-RewriteVersion-Transitional@rt.cpan.org).

There is also a mailing list available for users of this distribution, at http://dzil.org/#mailing-list.

There is also an irc channel available for users of this distribution, at #distzilla on irc.perl.org.

I am also usually active on irc, as 'ether' at irc.perl.org.

AUTHOR

Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Karen Etheridge.

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