Name
    Module::Provision - Create Perl distributions with VCS and selectable
    toolchain

Version
    This documents version v0.12.$Rev: 6 $ of Module::Provision

Synopsis
       # To reduce typing define a shell alias
       alias mp='module_provision --base ~/Projects'

       # Create a new distribution in your Projects directory with Git VCS
       mp dist Foo::Bar 'Optional one line abstract'

       # Add another module
       cd ~/Projects/Foo-Bar
       mp module Foo::Bat 'Optional one line abstract'

       # Add a program to the bin directory
       mp program bar-cli 'Optional one line abstract'

       # Add another test script
       mp test 11another-one.t

       # Edit the project master file
       mp -q edit_project

       # Update the version numbers of the project files
       mp update_version 0.1 0.2

       # Regenerate meta data files
       mp metadata

       # Command line help
       mp -? | -H | -h [sub-command] | list_methods | dump_self

Description
    Module::Provision is used to create a skeletal CPAN distribution,
    including basic builder scripts, tests, documentation, and module code.
    It creates a VCS repository and, in the Git case, installs some hooks
    that mimic the RCS Revision keyword expansion

    On first use the directory ~/.module_provision is created and populated
    with templates and an index file index.json. The author name, id, and
    email are derived from the system (the environment variables "AUTHOR"
    and "EMAIL" take precedence). The can be overridden by the values in the
    configuration file ~/.module_provision/module_provision.json

    If the default builder ("MB") is used, then the project file Build.PL
    loads "inc::Bob" which instantiates an inline subclass of Module::Build.
    The code for the subclass is in "inc::SubClass". The file
    "inc::CPANTesting" allows for fine grained control over which tests are
    run by which CPAN Testing smokers

    The default builder used by the create distribution method can be
    changed from the command line or from the configuration file

    If the Git VCS is used "precommit" and "commit-msg" hooks are installed.
    The "precommit" hook will expand the RCS Revision keyword in files on
    the master branch if the file .distribution_name.rev exists in the
    parent of the working tree. The "precommit" hook will also update the
    version number and date/time stamp in the change log (Changes). The
    "commit-msg" hook will extract the first comment line from the change
    log and use it as the commit message header. The remainder of the commit
    message (if any) is used as the commit message body. This means that so
    long as one detail line is added to the change log no other commit
    message text is required. The following makes for a suitable "git log"
    alias:

       alias gl='git log -5 --pretty=format:"%h %ci %s" | \
          cut -d" " -f1-3,5- | cut -c1-79'

    The default VCS used by the create distribution methods can be changed
    from the command line or from the configuration file

    The templates contain comment lines like:

       # @(#)Ident: Provision.pm 2013-04-15 13:52 pjf ;

    These are expanded automatically by Emacs using this Lisp code:

       (setq time-stamp-active     t
             time-stamp-line-limit 10
             time-stamp-format     " %f %04y-%02m-%02d %02H:%02M %u "
             time-stamp-start      "Ident:"
             time-stamp-time-zone  "UTC"
             time-stamp-end        ";")

    The alias:

       alias ident='ack "@\(#\)"'

    uses the App::Ack program to implement the old SYSV R4 "ident" command

    The templates for the project files dist.ini, Build.PL, and Makefile.PL
    contain the following comments which are interpreted by Emacs:

       # Local Variables:
       # mode: perl
       # eval: (load-project-state "[% appdir %]")
       # tab-title: [% project %]
       # tab-width: 3
       # End:

    Perl mode is preferred over C-Perl mode since the former has better
    syntax highlighting. Tabs are expanded to three spaces. The "tab-title"
    variable is used by Yakuake::Sessions to set the tab title for the
    terminal emulator. The "load-project-state" Lisp looks like this:

       (defun load-project-state (state-file) "Recovers the TinyDesk state from file"
          (let ((session-path (concat "~/.emacs.d/config/state." state-file)))
             (if (file-exists-p session-path) (tinydesk-recover-state session-path)
                (message (concat "Not found: " state-file)))))

    It assumes that the TinyDesk state file containing the list of files to
    edit for the project has been saved in ~/.emacs.d/config/state.[% appdir
    %]. To work on a project; change directory to the working copy, edit the
    project file Build.PL with Emacs, this will load all of the other files
    in the project into separate buffers displaying each in the tab bar.
    This Lisp code will load TinyDesk and turn tab bar mode on whenever a
    Perl file is edited:

       (add-hook 'perl-mode-hook
                 '(lambda ()
                    (require 'fic-mode) (turn-on-fic-mode) (diminish 'fic-mode nil)
                    (require 'psvn) (require 'tinydesk) (tabbar-mode t)
                    (require 'tinyperl) (diminish 'tinyperl-mode nil)))

    This Lisp code will do likewise when a dist.ini file is edited:

       (add-hook 'conf-windows-mode-hook
                 '(lambda ()
                    (require 'tinydesk) (tabbar-mode t)))

Configuration and Environment
    The configuration file defaults to
    ~/.module_provision/module_provision.json. All of the attributes listed
    in Module::Provision::Config can set from the configuration file in
    addition to the attributes listed in Class::Usul::Config::Programs and
    Class::Usul::Config. A typical file looks like;

       {
          "author": "<first_name> <last_name>",
          "author_email": "<userid>@example.com",
          "author_id": "<userid>",
          "base": "/home/<userid>/Projects",
          "doc_title": "Perl",
          "editor": "emacs",
          "home_page": "http://www.example.com"
       }

    Creating logs and tmp directories in ~/.module_provision will cause the
    log and temporary files to use them instead of /tmp

    Extends Module::Provision::Base. Applies these traits; "AddingFiles",
    "Config", "CreatingDistributions", "Rendering", "UpdatingContent", and
    "VCS"

    Defines no attributes

Subroutines/Methods
  dist
       module_provision dist Foo::Bar 'Optional one line abstract'

    Create a new distribution specified by the module name on the command
    line

  edit_project
       module_provision -q edit_project

    Edit the project file (one of; dist.ini, Build.PL, or Makefile.PL) in
    the project directory. The editor defaults to "emacs" but can be set on
    the command line, e.g "-o editor=vim"

  metadata
       module_provision metadata

    Generates the distribution metadata files

  init_templates
       module_provision init_templates

    Initialise the .module_provision directory and create the index.json
    file

  module
       module_provision module Foo::Bat 'Optional one line abstract'

    Creates a new module specified by the class name on the command line

  program
       module_provision program bar-cli 'Optional one line abstract'

    Creates a new program specified by the program name on the command line

  prove
       module_provision prove

    Runs the projects tests

  show_tab_title
       module_provision -q show_tab_title

    Print the tab title for the current project. Can be used like this;

       alias ep='mp -q edit_project ; \
          yakuake_session set_tab_title_for_project $(mp -q show_tab_title)'

  test
       module_provision test 11another-one.t

    Creates a new test specified by the test file name on the command line

  update_copyright_year
       module_provision update_copyright_year 2013 2014

    Substitutes the existing copyright year for the new copyright year in
    all files in the MANIFEST

  update_version
       module_provision update_version 0.1 0.2

    Substitutes the existing version number for the new version number in
    all files in the MANIFEST

Diagnostics
    Add "-D" to command line to turn on debug output

Dependencies
    Module::Provision::Base
    Module::Provision::TraitFor::AddingFiles
    Module::Provision::TraitFor::CreatingDistributions
    Module::Provision::TraitFor::Rendering
    Module::Provision::TraitFor::UpdatingContent
    Module::Provision::TraitFor::VCS

Incompatibilities
    There are no known incompatibilities in this module

Bugs and Limitations
    There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to
    http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Module-Provision. Source code
    is on Github git://github.com/pjfl/Module-Provision.git. Patches and
    pull requests are welcome

Acknowledgements
    Larry Wall - For the Perl programming language

    Module::Starter - For some of the documentation and tests

Author
    Peter Flanigan, "<pjfl@cpan.org>"

License and Copyright
    Copyright (c) 2013 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
    or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE