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NAME

6       Dist::Zilla::Plugin::PkgVersion - add a $VERSION to your packages
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VERSION

9       version 6.023
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SYNOPSIS

12       in dist.ini
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14         [PkgVersion]
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DESCRIPTION

17       This plugin will add lines like the following to each package in each
18       Perl module or program (more or less) within the distribution:
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20         $MyModule::VERSION = '0.001';
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24         { our $VERSION = '0.001'; }
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26       ...where 0.001 is the version of the dist, and MyModule is the name of
27       the package being given a version.  (In other words, it always uses
28       fully-qualified names to assign versions.)
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30       It will skip any package declaration that includes a newline between
31       the "package" keyword and the package name, like:
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36       This sort of declaration is also ignored by the CPAN toolchain, and is
37       typically used when doing monkey patching or other tricky things.
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PERL VERSION

40       This module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates
41       from the Perl 5 Porters.  This means it should work on any version of
42       perl released in the last two to three years.  (That is, if the most
43       recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on
44       both v5.40 and v5.38.)
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46       Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made
47       that the minimum required version will not be increased.  The version
48       may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches
49       will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.
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ATTRIBUTES

52   die_on_existing_version
53       If true, then when PkgVersion sees an existing $VERSION assignment, it
54       will throw an exception rather than skip the file.  This attribute
55       defaults to false.
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57   die_on_line_insertion
58       By default, PkgVersion looks for a blank line after each "package"
59       statement.  If it finds one, it inserts the $VERSION assignment on that
60       line.  If it doesn't, it will insert a new line, which means the
61       shipped copy of the module will have different line numbers (off by
62       one) than the source.  If "die_on_line_insertion" is true, PkgVersion
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65   use_package
66       This option, if true, will not insert an assignment to $VERSION but
67       will replace the existing "package" declaration with one that includes
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70         package Module::Name 0.001;
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73       The idea here was to insert "{ our $VERSION = '0.001'; }" instead of
74       "$Module::Name::VERSION = '0.001';".  It turns out that this causes
75       problems with some analyzers.  Use of this feature is deprecated.
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77       Something else will replace it in the future.
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79   use_begin
80       If true, the version assignment is wrapped in a BEGIN block.  This may
81       help in rare cases, such as when DynaLoader has to be called at BEGIN
82       time, and requires VERSION.  This option should be needed rarely.
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84       Also note that assigning to $VERSION before the module has finished
85       compiling can lead to confused behavior with attempts to determine
86       whether a module was successfully loaded on perl v5.8.
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88   finder
89       This is the name of a FileFinder for finding modules to edit.  The
90       default value is ":InstallModules" and ":ExecFiles"; this option can be
91       used more than once.
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93       Other predefined finders are listed in "default_finders" in
94       Dist::Zilla::Role::FileFinderUser.  You can define your own with the
95       [FileFinder::ByName] and [FileFinder::Filter] plugins.
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SEE ALSO

98       Core Dist::Zilla plugins: PodVersion, AutoVersion, NextRelease.
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100       Other Dist::Zilla plugins: OurPkgVersion inserts version numbers using
101       "our $VERSION = '...';" and without changing line numbers
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AUTHOR

104       Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <rjbs@semiotic.systems>
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107       This software is copyright (c) 2021 by Ricardo SIGNES.
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109       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
110       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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