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RMBARKER / File-Rename-2.01_991 / Changes 

=head1 HISTORY

Revision history for Perl extension File::Rename.

=over

=item Larry Wall

Revision: 4.1   Date: 92/08/07 17:20:30 

=item Robin Barker

    # Revision 1.1  1997/02/27  15:48:51  rmb1
    # Initial revision

    # Revision 1.2  1997/02/27  16:15:40  rmb1

    # Revision 1.3  1997/02/27  16:39:07  rmb1
    # added -v

    # Revision 1.4  1997/02/27  17:19:26  rmb1
    # corrected usage string

    #Revision 1.5  1998/12/18 16:16:31  rmb1
    # moved to perl/source
    # changed man documentation to POD

=item 0.01  Mon Dec 13 17:54:05 2004

original version; created by h2xs 1.23 with options
S< -XAn File::Rename >

=item 0.02	Robin Barker 2006-01-13

Added t/pod*.t, and extended POD to pass tests

=item 0.03	Robin Barker 2007-09-26

Added --force and --nono options (over_write, no_action)

=item 0.04	Robin Barker 2007-09-27

Replaced depencies on perl versions by explicit
requirements on modules in Build.PL/Makefile.PL

=item 0.05	Robin Barker 2007-10-03

Removed perl 5.6.0 dependencies and successfully
tested on perl 5.005_05 (with patched Temp::File).

=item 0.06	Robin Barker 2011-09-23

Added example/rename.pl, dealt with other Kwalitee metrics.

Updated META files

=item 0.09	(beta for 0.10) Robin Barker 2006-06-26 - not released

Added options -e, -f, -n and -V (version). 

Options -e, -f, -n suggested by code
written by Aristotle Pagaltzis.

=item 0.10	Robin Barker 2013-04-29

Merged "0.09 (beta for 0.10)" from 2006-06-26

Added option -V (version). 

=item 0.20	Robin Barker 2013-04-30

Added option -E (statement): alternative to -e

=item 0.30	Robin Barker 2018-06-02

(tidied configure_requires)

removed typo from rename POD

options do not need to before code / files

allow null separated file names reading from STDIN

=item 0.31	Robin Barker 2018-06-05

Removed use of s///r in tests

Rewrote tests - more robust - use of testlib.pl

=item 0.32	Robin Barker 2018-06-08 - as 0.32-fix

Fixed syntax of rmtree() for perl5.16

=item 0.33	Robin Barker 2018-06-13

Added return code for File::Rename::rename

More tests: in preparation for v1.00

Add $File::Rename::Options::VERSION

=item 0.35	Robin Barker 2018-06-14

Add $File::Rename::Options::VERSION

=item 0.99_01	Robin Barker 2018-06-12

File::Rename::Options in separate file

=item 0.99_02	Robin Barker 2018-06-26

Remove spurious C<opendir> in t/File-Rename-script.t

=item 1.00	Robin Barker 2018-07-03

File::Rename::Options module 

=item 1.09_01	Robin Barker 2018-09-16

Option for renaming file component only: filename-only/-d

=item 1.09_02	Robin Barker 2018-09-16

Fix test failure for perl 5.14

=item 1.09_03	Robin Barker 2018-09-17

Change options to closer align to original feature request

=item 1.09_04 Robin Barker 2018-09-19

Added CONTRIBUTING

Fixed file 'log' which was supposed to be deleted

=item 1.10	Robin Barker 2018-09-25

Added option --filename [-d] to rename filename component only

Added option --fullpath [--path] to rename any part of path 

=item 1.11	Robin Barker 2020-06-16

Added more examples in the script POD, suggested by 'xavier'

Added a test script to test that examples in POD are valid

=item 1.12	Robin Barker 2020-06-17

Added new test script to MANIFEST

=item 1.13	Robin Barker 2020-06-17

Fix 'examples' test script to do file globbing

=item 1.19_01	Robin Barker 2021-03-17

Fix Makefile and tests to find script on darwin

=item 1.19_02 Robin Barker 2021-03-18

More robust OSType handling

=item 1.19_03 Robin Barker 2021-03-19

Fix META.* for Makefile.PL

=item 1.19_04 Robin Barker 2021-03-20

Fix distribution file format

=item 1.20	Robin Barker 2021-03-22

On darwin, when built with ExtUtils::MakeMaker, 
builds the correct script and passes tests; see

http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=File-Rename%201.19_04;os=darwin;reports=1

=item 1.29_01 Robin Narker 2021-07-31

Add -u to do utf8::upgrade and unicode_strings

=item 1.29_02 Robin Narker 2021-08-01

Add File::Rename::Unicode to hide C<use feature>

=item 1.29_03 Robin Narker 2021-08-01

Fix tests which should skip

=item 1.29_04 Robin Narker 2021-08-02

Tests which should skip_all: BEGIN { plan skip_all => 

=item 1.29_05 Robin Narker 2021-08-03

Add encoding to --unicode

Reworked C<create()> in testlib.pl:

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removed unnessary C<die>

=item    

simplified File-Rename-unicode.t

=back

=item 1.29_06 Robin Barker 2021-08-04 - not released

Documented approach to unicode strings in README

=item 1.30    Robin Barker 2021-08-16

Unicode support: --unicode and File::Rename::Unicode

=item 1.30_01 Robin Barker 2021-08-16

Fix tests for perl < 5.8.9 (on cygwin)

=item 1.30_02 Neil Bowers 2021-09-05

Add LICENCE=>perl to Makefile.PL

=item 1.30_03 Robin Barker 2022-04-23

Add explicit 'cygwin' in test lib and script

=item 1.31    Robin Barker 2022-05-07

Add explicit LICENCE field

Fix tests for perl 5.8.* and cygwin

=item 1.90_1  Robin Barker 2022-12-19

require_order in script

New script unsafe-rename with no_require_order

Rewrite examples to mark start of non-options

=item 1.90_2  Robin Barker 2022-12-20

Add :config to use File:Rename, to mimic GetOpt::Long

Fix cygwin tests - cygwin is not Windows

See http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/41cc76dd-84fd-1014-94ee-444106f7812f

=item 1.90_3  Robin Barker 2022-12-22

Increase required version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker

Add test for unsafe script

=item 1.90_4  Robin Barker 2022-12-23

Remove Build.PL - so testers build and test unsafe-rename

More globbing in rename-examples.t

Test for warnings in rename-examples.t

=item 1.90_5  Robin Barker 2022-12-24

Add back Build.PL for 1.99 - to be removed for 2.00

README and POD for 1.99

=item 1.99    Robin Barker 2022-12-24

rename script requires options before code/files

New script unsafe-rename with no_require_order:
to recover the old behavior of the rename script

=item 1.991   Robin Barker 2022-12-27

Add required ExtUtils::MakeMaker version to 
BUILD_REQUIRES and CONFIGURE_REQUIRES

Separate out TEST_REQUIRES from PREREQ_PM

Fix typos in 1.99 POD and Changes file 

=item 1.992   Robin Barker 2022-12-27

Reinstate shebang line

https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=145711

=item 1.99_9  Robin Barker 2022-12-28

Remove Build.PL from distribution

Set MIN_PERL_VERSION in Makefile.PL

=item 2.00    Robin Barker 2022-12-31

rename script requires options before code/files

New script unsafe-rename with no_require_order

Removed Build.PL from distribution

=item 2.00_1  Robin Barker 2023-01-14

min perl version 5.6.1 

use warnings

use Getopt::Long 2.24

=item 2.00_3  Robin Barker 2023-01-15

Restore indirect print in t/testlib.pl

Change regex for $INC values

2.00_2 deleted

=item 2.00_4  Robin Barker 2023-01-16

Min perl version 5.8.0

Move rename source file to source/ - to avoid
rename being found when @INC includes '.'

Revert regex for $INC values

Initialize C<our $print> for v5.10

=item 2.01    Robin Barker 2023-01-17

min perl version 5.8.0

use warnings

use Getopt::Long 2.24

source/rename source of rename script   

=item 2.02 Robin Barker 2023-12-30

added example of using options in code

replace C<use 5.032;> on old perl versions

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