NAME
   Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Starter - A minimal Dist::Zilla plugin bundle

SYNOPSIS
     ; dist.ini
     name    = My-Cool-Distribution
     author  = Example Jones <[email protected]>
     license = Perl_5
     copyright_holder = Example Jones
     copyright_year   = 2017
     version = 0.001

     [@Starter]           ; all that is needed to start
     revision = 2         ; always defaults to revision 1

     ; configuring examples
     -remove = GatherDir  ; to use [Git::GatherDir] instead, for example
     ExecDir.dir = script ; change the directory used by [ExecDir]

DESCRIPTION
   The "[@Starter]" plugin bundle for Dist::Zilla is designed to do the
   minimal amount of work to release a complete distribution reliably. It
   is similar in purpose to [@Basic], but with additional features to stay
   up to date and allow greater customization. The selection of included
   plugins is intended to be unopinionated and unobtrusive, so that it is
   usable for any well-formed CPAN distribution. If you're just getting
   started with Dist::Zilla, check out the tutorials at <http://dzil.org>.

   Migrating from "[@Basic]" is easy for most cases. Most of the bundle is
   the same, so just make sure to remove any extra plugins that
   "[@Starter]" already includes, and configure the included plugins if
   needed (see "CONFIGURING"). Migrating a more complex set of plugins,
   including some that interact with the additional generated files, may
   require more careful consideration.

   "[@Starter]" composes the PluginRemover and Config::Slicer roles to make
   it easier to customize and extend. Also, it supports bundle revisions
   specified as an option, in order to incorporate future changes to
   distribution packaging and releasing practices. Existing revisions will
   not be changed to preserve backwards compatibility.

   The "FAKE_RELEASE" environment variable is supported as in Dist::Milla
   and Minilla. It replaces the [UploadToCPAN] plugin with [FakeRelease],
   to test the release process (including any version bumping and commits!)
   without actually uploading to CPAN.

     $ FAKE_RELEASE=1 dzil release

   For one-line initialization of a new "[@Starter]"-based distribution,
   try Dist::Zilla::MintingProfile::Starter.

   Another simple way to use Dist::Zilla is with Dist::Milla, an
   opinionated bundle that requires no configuration and performs all of
   the tasks in "EXTENDING" by default.

OPTIONS
   "[@Starter]" currently only has a few direct options; it can be further
   configured by the composed roles, as in "CONFIGURING".

 revision
     [@Starter]
     revision = 2

   Selects the revision to use, from "REVISIONS". Defaults to revision 1.

 installer
   Requires revision 2 or higher.

     [@Starter]
     revision = 2
     installer = ModuleBuildTiny

     [@Starter]
     revision = 2
     installer = MakeMaker::Awesome
     MakeMaker::Awesome.WriteMakefile_arg[0] = (clean => { FILES => 't/generated/*' })

   The default installer is [MakeMaker], which works with no extra
   configuration for most cases. The "installer" option can be used to
   replace it with one of the following supported installers, which can
   then be configured in the same way as shown in "CONFIGURING".

   [MakeMaker::Awesome] is useful if you need to customize the generated
   Makefile.PL.

   [ModuleBuildTiny] will generate a simple Build.PL using
   Module::Build::Tiny, but this may not work correctly with old versions
   of the CPAN.pm installer or if you use features incompatible with
   Module::Build::Tiny.

   [ModuleBuildTiny::Fallback] generates a more complex Build.PL that uses
   Module::Build::Tiny by default, but falls back to Module::Build on old
   versions of the CPAN.pm installer that don't understand configure
   dependencies.

   When using a Module::Build::Tiny-based installer, the [ExecDir] plugin
   will be set to mark the script/ directory for executables instead of the
   default bin/.

REVISIONS
   The "[@Starter]" plugin bundle supports the following revisions.

 Revision 1
   Revision 1 is the default and is equivalent to using the following
   plugins:

   [GatherDir]
   [PruneCruft]
   [ManifestSkip]
   [MetaConfig]
   [MetaProvides::Package]
   [MetaNoIndex]
       directory = t
       directory = xt
       directory = inc
       directory = share
       directory = eg
       directory = examples

   [MetaYAML]
   [MetaJSON]
   [License]
   [ReadmeAnyFromPod]
   [ExecDir]
   [ShareDir]
   [PodSyntaxTests]
   [Test::ReportPrereqs]
   [Test::Compile]
       xt_mode = 1

   [MakeMaker]
   [Manifest]
   [TestRelease]
   [RunExtraTests]
   [ConfirmRelease]
   [UploadToCPAN]

   This revision differs from [@Basic] as follows:

   * Uses [ReadmeAnyFromPod] instead of [Readme].

   * Uses [RunExtraTests] instead of [ExtraTests].

   * Includes the following additional plugins: [MetaJSON], [MetaConfig],
     [MetaProvides::Package], [MetaNoIndex], [PodSyntaxTests],
     [Test::ReportPrereqs], [Test::Compile].

 Revision 2
   Revision 2 is similar to Revision 1, with these differences:

   * Sets the option "inherit_version" in [MetaProvides::Package] to 0 by
     default, so that "provides" metadata will use individual module
     versions if they differ from the distribution version.

   * [Pod2Readme] is used instead of [ReadmeAnyFromPod] to generate the
     plaintext README, as it is a simpler plugin for this purpose. It takes
     the same "filename" and "source_filename" options, but does not allow
     further configuration, and does not automatically use a ".pod" file as
     the source.

   * The "installer" option is now supported to change the installer
     plugin.

CONFIGURING
   By using the PluginRemover or Config::Slicer role options, the
   "[@Starter]" bundle's included plugins can be customized as desired.
   Here are some examples:

 GatherDir
   If the distribution is using git source control, it is often helpful to
   replace the default [GatherDir] plugin with [Git::GatherDir].

     [Git::GatherDir]
     [@Starter]
     -remove = GatherDir

   The included [GatherDir] plugin can alternatively be configured
   directly. (See "CONFIGURATION SYNTAX" in Config::MVP::Slicer for an
   explanation of the subscripts for slicing array attributes.)

     [@Starter]
     GatherDir.include_dotfiles = 1
     GatherDir.exclude_filename[0] = foo_bar.txt
     GatherDir.prune_directory[] = ^temp

 Readme
   The [Pod2Readme] or [ReadmeAnyFromPod] plugin (depending on bundle
   revision) generates a plaintext README from the POD text in the
   distribution's "main_module" in Dist::Zilla by default, but can be
   configured to look elsewhere. The standard README should always be
   plaintext, but in order to generate a non-plaintext README in addition,
   [ReadmeAnyFromPod] can simply be used separately. Note that POD-format
   READMEs should not be included in the distribution build because they
   will get indexed and installed due to an oddity in CPAN installation
   tools.

     [@Starter]
     revision = 2
     Pod2Readme.source_filename = bin/foobar

     [ReadmeAnyFromPod / Markdown_Readme]
     type = markdown
     filename = README.md

     [ReadmeAnyFromPod / Pod_Readme]
     type = pod
     location = root ; do not include pod readmes in the build!

 ExecDir
   Some distributions use the script/ directory instead of bin/ (the
   [ExecDir] default) for executable scripts.

     [@Starter]
     ExecDir.dir = script

 MetaNoIndex
   The distribution may include additional files or directories that should
   not have their contents indexed as CPAN modules. (See "CONFIGURATION
   SYNTAX" in Config::MVP::Slicer for an explanation of the subscripts for
   slicing array attributes.)

     [@Starter]
     MetaNoIndex.file[0] = eggs/FooBar.pm
     MetaNoIndex.directory[a] = eggs
     MetaNoIndex.directory[b] = bacon

 MetaProvides
   The [MetaProvides::Package] plugin will use the distribution's version
   (as set in dist.ini or by a plugin) as the version of each module when
   populating the "provides" metadata by default. If the distribution does
   not have uniform module versions, the plugin can be configured to
   reflect each module's hardcoded version where available, by setting the
   "inherit_version" option to 0 (the default in bundle "Revision 2").

     [@Starter]
     MetaProvides::Package.inherit_version = 0 ; default in revision 2

   With this option set to 0, it will use the main distribution version as
   a fallback for any module where a version is not found. This can also be
   overridden, so that if no version is found for a module, no version will
   be specified for it in metadata, by setting "inherit_missing" to 0 as
   well.

     [@Starter]
     MetaProvides::Package.inherit_version = 0
     MetaProvides::Package.inherit_missing = 0

EXTENDING
   This bundle includes a basic set of plugins for releasing a
   distribution, but there are many more common non-intrusive tasks that
   Dist::Zilla can help with simply by using additional plugins in the
   dist.ini.

 Name
   To automatically set the distribution name from the current directory,
   use [NameFromDirectory].

 License and Copyright
   To extract the license and copyright information from the main module,
   and optionally set the author as well, use [LicenseFromModule].

 Versions
   A common approach to maintaining versions in Dist::Zilla-managed
   distributions is to automatically extract the distribution's version
   from the main module, maintain uniform module versions, and bump the
   version during or after each release. To extract the main module
   version, use [RewriteVersion] (which also rewrites your module versions
   to match the main module version when building) or
   [VersionFromMainModule]. To automatically increment module versions in
   the repository after each release, use [BumpVersionAfterRelease].
   Alternatively, you can use [ReversionOnRelease] to automatically
   increment your versions in the release build, then copy the updated
   modules back to the repository with [CopyFilesFromRelease]. Don't mix
   these two version increment methods!

 Changelog
   To automatically add the new release version to the distribution
   changelog, use [NextRelease]. To ensure the release has changelog
   entries, use [CheckChangesHasContent].

 Git
   To better integrate with a git workflow, use the plugins from [@Git]. To
   automatically add contributors to metadata from git commits, use
   [Git::Contributors].

 Resources
   To automatically set resource metadata from an associated GitHub
   repository, use [GithubMeta]. To set resource metadata manually, use
   [MetaResources].

 Prereqs
   To automatically set distribution prereqs from a cpanfile, use
   [Prereqs::FromCPANfile]. To specify prereqs manually, use [Prereqs].

BUGS
   Report any issues on the public bugtracker.

AUTHOR
   Dan Book <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
   This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by Dan Book.

   This is free software, licensed under:

     The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

SEE ALSO
   Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Basic, Dist::Milla,
   Dist::Zilla::MintingProfile::Starter