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App::Mi6 cpan:SKAJI last updated on 2019-01-19

NAME

App::Mi6 - minimal authoring tool for Perl6

SYNOPSIS

$ mi6 new Foo::Bar # create Foo-Bar distribution
$ mi6 build        # build the distribution and re-generate README.md/META6.json
$ mi6 test         # run tests
$ mi6 release      # release your distribution to CPAN

INSTALLATION

$ zef install App::Mi6

DESCRIPTION

App::Mi6 is a minimal authoring tool for Perl6. Features are:

• Create minimal distribution skeleton for Perl6

• Generate README.md from lib/Main/Module.pm6's pod

• Run tests by mi6 test

• Release your distribution tarball to CPAN

FAQ

Can I customize mi6 behavior?

Yes. Use dist.ini:

; dist.ini
name = Your-Module-Name

[ReadmeFromPod]
; if you want to disable generating README.md from main module's pod, then:
; enable = false
;
; if you want to change a file that generates README.md, then:
; filename = lib/Your/Tutorial.pod

[PruneFiles]
; if you want to prune files when packaging, then
; filename = utils/tool.pl
;
; you can use Perl6 regular expressions
; match = ^ 'xt/'

[MetaNoIndex]
; if you do not want to list some files in META6.json as "provides", then
; filename = lib/Should/Not/List/Provides.pm6

How can I manage depends, build-depends, test-depends?

Write them to META6.json directly :)

Where is the spec of META6.json?

http://design.perl6.org/S22.html

See also The Meta spec, Distribution, and CompUnit::Repository explained-ish by ugexe.

What is the format of the .pause file?

Mi6 uses the .pause file in your home directory to determine the username. This is a flat text file, designed to be compatible with the .pause file used by the Perl5 cpan-upload module (https://metacpan.org/pod/cpan-upload). Note that this file only needs to contain the "user" and "password" directives. Unknown directives are ignored.

An example file could consist of only two lines:

user your_pause_username
password your_pause_password

Replace your_pause_username with your PAUSE username, and replace your_pause_password with your PAUSE password.

This file can also be encrypted with GPG if you do not want to leave your PAUSE credentials in plain text.

TODO

documentation

SEE ALSO

https://github.com/tokuhirom/Minilla

https://github.com/rjbs/Dist-Zilla

AUTHOR

Shoichi Kaji [email protected]

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2015 Shoichi Kaji

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.