Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Authority(3)

NAME
Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Authority - Add the $AUTHORITY variable and metadata to your distribution

VERSION
  This document describes v1.009 of Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Authority - released October 27, 2014 as part of Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority.

DESCRIPTION
This plugin adds the authority data to your distribution. It adds the data to your modules and metadata. Normally it looks for the PAUSE author id in your Dist::Zilla configuration. If you want to override it, please use the 'authority' attribute.

        # In your dist.ini:
        [Authority]

This code will be added to any package declarations in your perl files:

        our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:APOCAL';

Your metadata ( META.yml or META.json ) will have an entry looking like this:

        x_authority => 'cpan:APOCAL'

ATTRIBUTES

  authority
The authority you want to use. It should be something like "cpan:APOCAL".

Defaults to the username set in the %PAUSE stash in the global config.ini or dist.ini ( Dist::Zilla v4 addition! )

If you prefer to not put it in config/dist.ini you can put it in "~/.pause" just like Dist::Zilla did before v4.

  do_metadata
A boolean value to control if the authority should be added to the metadata.

Defaults to true.

  do_munging
A boolean value to control if the $AUTHORITY variable should be added to the modules.

Defaults to true.

  locate_comment
A boolean value to control if the $AUTHORITY variable should be added where a "# AUTHORITY" comment is found. If this is set then an appropriate comment is found, and "our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:PAUSEID';" is inserted preceding the comment on the same line.

This basically implements what OurPkgVersion does for PkgVersion.

Defaults to false.

NOTE: If you use this method, then we will not use the pkg style of declaration! That way, we keep the line numbering consistent.

  authority_style
A value to control the type of the $AUTHORITY declaration. There are two styles: 'pkg' or 'our'. In the past this module defaulted to the 'pkg' style but due to various issues 'our' is now the default. Here's what both styles would look like in the resulting code:

        # pkg
        BEGIN {
                $Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Authority::AUTHORITY = 'cpan:APOCAL';
        }

        # our
        our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:APOCAL';

SEE ALSO
Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this module.

•   Dist::Zilla

•   <http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=694377>

•   <http://perlcabal.org/syn/S11.html#Versioning>

SUPPORT

  Perldoc
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

  perldoc Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Authority

  Websites
The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

•   MetaCPAN

    A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

    <http://metacpan.org/release/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   Search CPAN

    The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker

    The RT ( Request Tracker ) website is the default bug/issue tracking system for CPAN.

    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   AnnoCPAN

    The AnnoCPAN is a website that allows community annotations of Perl module documentation.

    <http://annocpan.org/dist/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   CPAN Ratings

    The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and reviews of Perl modules.

    <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   CPAN Forum

    The CPAN Forum is a web forum for discussing Perl modules.

    <http://cpanforum.com/dist/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   CPANTS

    The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics ) of a distribution.

    <http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/overview/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   CPAN Testers

    The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on uploaded CPAN distributions.

    <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/D/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   CPAN Testers Matrix

    The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

    <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>

•   CPAN Testers Dependencies

    The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of all dependencies for a distribution.

    <http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Authority>

  Email
You can email the author of this module at "APOCAL at cpan.org" asking for help with any problems you have.

  Internet Relay Chat
You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat>. Please be courteous and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can join those networks/channels and get help:

•   irc.perl.org

    You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and join this channel: #perl-help then talk to this person for help: Apocalypse.

•   irc.freenode.net

    You can connect to the server at 'irc.freenode.net' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Apocal.

•   irc.efnet.org

    You can connect to the server at 'irc.efnet.org' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Ap0cal.

  Bugs / Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-dist-zilla-plugin-authority at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Dist-Zilla-Plugin-Authority>. You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

  Source Code
The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)

<https://github.com/apocalypse/perl-dist-zilla-plugin-authority>

  git clone git://github.com/apocalypse/perl-dist-zilla-plugin-authority.git

AUTHOR
Apocalypse <APOCAL@cpan.org>

  CONTRIBUTORS

•   Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

•   Kent Fredric <kentnl@cpan.org>

•   Nigel Metheringham <nigel.metheringham@dev.intechnology.co.uk>

•   Randy Stauner <randy@magnificent-tears.com>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This module is basically a rip-off of RJBS' excellent Dist::Zilla::Plugin::PkgVersion, thanks!

Props goes out to FLORA for prodding me to improve this module!

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Apocalypse.

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

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this distribution.

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