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Thank you for considering contributing to this distribution. This file
contains instructions that will help you work with the source code.
The distribution is managed with Dist::Zilla. This means than many of the
usual files you might expect are not in the repository, but are generated at
release time (e.g. Makefile.PL).
Generally, **you do not need Dist::Zilla to contribute patches**. You do need
Dist::Zilla to create a tarball and/or install from the repository. See below
for guidance.
### Getting dependencies
See the included `cpanfile` file for a list of dependencies. If you have
App::cpanminus 1.6 or later installed, you can use `cpanm` to satisfy
dependencies like this:
$ cpanm --installdeps .
Otherwise, you can install Module::CPANfile 1.0002 or later and then satisfy
dependencies with the regular `cpan` client and `cpanfile-dump`:
$ cpan `cpanfile-dump`
### Running tests
You can run tests directly using the `prove` tool:
$ prove -l
$ prove -lv t/some_test_file.t
For most of my distributions, `prove` is entirely sufficient for you to test any
patches you have. I use `prove` for 99% of my testing during development.
### Code style and tidying
Please try to match any existing coding style. If there is a `.perltidyrc`
file, please install Perl::Tidy and use perltidy before submitting patches.
If there is a `tidyall.ini` file, you can also install Code::TidyAll and run
`tidyall` on a file or `tidyall -a` to tidy all files.
### Patching documentation
Much of the documentation Pod is generated at release time. Depending on the
distribution, some of my documentation may be written in a Pod dialect called
WikiDoc. (See Pod::WikiDoc on CPAN.)
If you would like to submit a documentation edit, please limit yourself to the
documentation you see.
If you see typos or documentation issues in the generated docs, please
email or open a bug ticket instead of patching.
### Installing from the repository
If you want to install directly from the repository, you need to have
Dist::Zilla installed (see below). If this is a burden to you, I welcome
patches against a CPAN tarball instead of the repository.
### Installing and using Dist::Zilla
Dist::Zilla is a very powerful authoring tool, optimized for maintaining a
large number of distributions with a high degree of automation, but it has a
large dependency chain, a bit of a learning curve and requires a number of
author-specific plugins.
To install it from CPAN, I recommend one of the following approaches for
the quickest installation:
# using CPAN.pm, but bypassing non-functional pod tests
$ cpan TAP::Harness::Restricted
$ PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 HARNESS_CLASS=TAP::Harness::Restricted cpan Dist::Zilla
# using cpanm, bypassing *all* tests
$ cpanm -n Dist::Zilla
In either case, it's probably going to take about 10 minutes. Go for a walk,
go get a cup of your favorite beverage, take a bathroom break, or whatever.
When you get back, Dist::Zilla should be ready for you.
Then you need to install any plugins specific to this distribution:
$ cpan `dzil authordeps`
$ dzil authordeps | cpanm
Once installed, here are some dzil commands you might try:
$ dzil build
$ dzil test
$ dzil xtest
To install from the repository, use:
$ dzil install
You can learn more about Dist::Zilla at http://dzil.org/
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