Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		     Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease(3pm)

NAME

       Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease - 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:

       o   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.

       o   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

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.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-21				     Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextRelease(3pm)