I'm using Dist::Zilla and creating a Plugin to replace what
Module::Install::Catalyst does. By default all files in home are copied
to blib (to allow installing) except the following patterns:
our @IGNORE =
qw/Build Build.PL Changes MANIFEST META.yml Makefile.PL Makefile README
_build blib lib script t inc .*\.svn \.git _darcs \.bzr \.hg
debian build-stamp install-stamp configure-stamp/;
I'm thinking of reversing that logic and having a Dist::Zilla plugin
that *explicitly
defines* what is copied. So, any file in home that match these patterns
would be included:
^root$
^Changes$
\.yml$
\.conf$
\.inc$
\.psgi$
Is there anything else that should be in that default list of patterns to
include?
And, of course, allow to add files/dirs to that list via dist.ini
configuration:
; replaces [MakeMaker]
[CatalystFiles]
include = conf
include = config.yml
I'm still not convinced this is the best approach, though. Copying the
files when Makefile.PL runs always seems a bit of a kludge -- compared to,
say, having "make" copy the files like a normal Makefile.
And one could argue that these files and directories should go into "share"
in the distribution and then get installed as File::ShareDir expects (i.e.
have Catalyst::Utils::home() use dist_dir( $c->config->{name} ) ). But,
that's kind of a big change.
Anyone have thoughts on the that?
--
Bill Moseley
mose...@hank.org
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