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

SYNOPSIS
      ; dist.ini
      name    = My-Cool-Distribution
      author  = Example Jones <jones@example.com>
      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 <dbook@cpan.org>

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