Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease(3) update the next release number in your changelog

VERSION

version 4.300020

SYNOPSIS

In your dist.ini:


[NextRelease]

In your Changes file: 

  {{$NEXT}}

DESCRIPTION

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: 

  {{$NEXT}}

The "NextRelease" plugin will then do 2 things:

  • 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.

The module accepts the following options in its dist.ini section:

filename
the name of your changelog file; defaults to Changes
update_filename
the file to which to write an updated changelog to; defaults to the "filename"
format
sprintf-like string used to compute the next value of "{{$NEXT}}"; defaults to "%-9v %{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss VVVV}d"
time_zone
the timezone to use when generating the date; defaults to local
user_stash
the name of the stash where the user's name and email address can be found; defaults to %User

The module allows the following sprintf-like format codes in the "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".
"%{-TRIAL}V"
Equivalent to "%v%{-TRIAL}T", to allow for the application of modifiers such as space padding to the entire version string produced.
"%{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").
%E
The email address of the user making this release (from "user_stash").
%n
A newline
%t
A tab

AUTHOR

Ricardo SIGNES <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 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.

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