NAME

    Module::Install::ManifestSkip - Generate a MANIFEST.SKIP file

SYNOPSIS

        use inc::Module::Install;

        all_from 'lib/Foo.pm';

        manifest_skip;

        WriteAll;

DESCRIPTION

    This module generates a "MANIFEST.SKIP" file for you (using

    Module::Manifest::Skip) that contains the common files that people do

    not want in their "MANIFEST" files. The SKIP file is generated each time

    that you (the module author) run "Makefile.PL".

    You can add your own custom entries at the top of the "MANIFEST" file.

    Just put a blank line after your entries, and they will be left alone.

    This module also adds 'MANIFEST' to the "clean_files()" list so that

    "make clean" will remove your "MANIFEST".

OPTIONS

    if you don't plan on adding anything to the stock MANIFEST.SKIP and just

    want "make clean" to delete it, say this:

        manifest_skip 'clean';

THEORY

    one school of thought for release management is that you never commit

    your "MANIFEST" file. You just generate it using "make manifest", right

    before releasing a module, and then delete it afterwards.

    This is good because you never forget to add new files to your

    "MANIFEST". The only problems are that you always need to generate a

    "MANIFEST.SKIP" file, and you need to add "MANIFEST" to your

    clean_files, or delete it by hand. This module does these things for

    you.

AUTHOR

    Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

    Copyright 2010-2014. Ingy döt Net.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

    under the same terms as Perl itself.

    See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>