Module::Starter::Smart(3pm)

NAME
Module::Starter::Smart - A Module::Starter plugin for adding new modules into an existing distribution

VERSION
version 0.0.10

SYNOPSIS
    use Module::Starter qw/Module::Starter::Smart/;
    Module::Starter->create_distro(%args);

    # or in ~/.module-starter/config
    plugin: Module::Starter::Smart

    # create a new distribution named 'Foo-Bar'
    $ module-starter --module=Foo::Bar

    # ... then add a new module
    $ module-starter --module=Foo::Bar::Me --distro=Foo-Bar

DESCRIPTION
Module::Starter::Smart is a simple helper plugin for Module::Starter. It subclasses Module::Starter::Simple and provides its own implementation for several file creation subroutines, such as "create_distro", "create_modules", "create_t", and so on. These new implementations were designed to work with existing distributions.

When invoked, the plugin checks if the distribution is already created. If so, the plugin would bypass "create_basedir") and go ahead pull in all the existing modules and test files; these information would be used later in the corresponding file creation subroutines for skipping already-created files.

UPDATE: This plugin only covers the simplest use cases. For advanced usage, check out Module::Starter::AddModule.

  Example
Say you have an existing distro, Goof-Ball, and you want to add a new module, Goof::Troop.

    % ls -R Goof-Ball
    Build.PL  Changes   MANIFEST  README    lib/      t/

    Goof-Ball/lib:
    Goof/

    Goof-Ball/lib/Goof:
    Ball.pm

    Goof-Ball/t:
    00.load.t       perlcritic.t    pod-coverage.t  pod.t

Go to the directory containing your existing distribution and run module-starter, giving it the names of the existing distribution and the new module:

    % module-starter --distro=Goof-Ball --module=Goof::Troop
    Created starter directories and files

    % ls -R Goof-Ball
    Build.PL  Changes   MANIFEST  README    lib/      t/

    Goof-Ball/lib:
    Goof/

    Goof-Ball/lib/Goof:
    Ball.pm   Troop.pm

    Goof-Ball/t:
    00.load.t       perlcritic.t    pod-coverage.t  pod.t

Troop.pm has been added to Goof-Ball/lib/Goof.

INTERFACE
No public methods. The module works by subclassing Module::Starter::Simple and rewiring its internal behaviors.

DEPENDENCIES
Module::Starter::Smart subclasses Module::Starter::Simple.

INCOMPATIBILITIES
The plugin works perfectly with other template plugins, i.e. Module::Starter::PBP (I started using it to develop this module)

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-module-starter-smart@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Special thanks to the following contributors:

•   David Messina

•   David Steinbrunner

•   Andrew Kirkpatrick

•   Markus Böhme

•   Lisa Hare

•   Gregor Herrmann

AUTHOR
Ruey-Cheng Chen "<rueycheng@cpan.com>"

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006, 2012, 2017, 2026 Ruey-Cheng Chen "<rueycheng@cpan.com>". All rights reserved.

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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