Dist::Z...nd::nop(3)

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version 6.040 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

🎀 NAME 🎀

Okay so bestie, this is Dist::Zilla::App::Command::nop(3) — straight out of the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it is exactly what it says on the tin:

Dist::Zilla::App::Command::nop — initialize dzil, then exit. That's the whole personality. No crumbs left. 💅

✨ VERSION ✨

version 6.040 — she's serving vintage, and she knows it. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

This command does nothing. Like, genuinely nothing. It initializes Dist::Zilla, then exits. That's the bit. That's the plot.

Why would anyone want that, you ask? Great question, main character. It's useful to see the logging output of plugin initialization. So when you run:

dzil nop -v

you get to watch all the init chatter scroll by without actually building or shipping anything. Very "I'm just here to observe" energy. 👑

Seriously though — this command is almost entirely for diagnostic purposes. Don't overthink it, okay? She's not deep. She's not doing a thing. She's just vibing in the terminal and telling you what the plugins are up to. 🙈

💜 PERL VERSION 💜

This module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. Which basically means: any version of perl released in the last two to three years. So like, if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38. Sisters. Twins. Both slaying. 💖

Although it may work on older versions of perl, there's no guarantee that the minimum required version won't be increased. And ngl, the version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl. So don't come for her with that "can you support v5.8" energy. The answer is no and also why. 😭

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

Note the 😏. That is not my emoji, that is his emoji, and I am respecting it, periodt. ✨

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Ricardo SIGNES.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. So like, go off, remix it, redistribute it — just keep the same license terms, iykyk. 🌈

and that's the page, bestie — documented by perl v5.42.3 on 2026-10-19, which is the cutest little timestamp a diagnostic-only command could ever ask for. go forth, run dzil nop -v, and watch absolutely nothing happen in the most informative way possible. mwah. 🎀💖✨

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