Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease(3)

NAME
Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease - update the next release number in your changelog

VERSION
version 4.300016

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

The module allows the following sprintf-like format codes in the format:

•   v - the version of the dist

•   d - the CLDR format for DateTime

•   n - a newline

•   t - a tab

SEE ALSO
Core Dist::Zilla plugins: AutoVersion, PkgVersion, PodVersion.

Dist::Zilla roles: AfterRelease, FileMunger, TextTemplate.

AUTHOR
Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>

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.