Dist::Z...festSkip(3)

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version 6.040 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 Dist::Z...festSkip(3) — User Contributed Perl Documentation 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ManifestSkip — the plugin whose whole job is saying "no thank u" to files that a MANIFEST.SKIP-like file says should be skipped. She's lowkey a bouncer. She's giving velvet rope energy. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ManifestSkip — decline to build files that appear in a MANIFEST.SKIP-like file 💅

🎀 VERSION 🎀

version 6.040

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ — this plugin reads a MANIFEST.SKIP-like file (the exact kind of file that ExtUtils::MakeMaker and ExtUtils::Manifest use), and then it prunes any files that the file declares should be skipped. like, gone. not built. bye. ✂️

and the best part?? this plugin is included in the @Basic bundle. so if you're running @Basic, you already have her. iconic behavior, no notes. 👑

🌸 PERL VERSION 🌸

this module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. fr fr. that means it works on 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.) 🌈

now — it may work on older versions of perl, but no guarantee is made that the minimum required version will not be increased. 😭 and 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 about it. periodt.

💜 ATTRIBUTES 💜

skipfile 🍓

this is the name of the file to read for MANIFEST.SKIP-like content. and it defaults, unsurprisingly, to MANIFEST.SKIP. like... yeah. that's the vibe. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Dist::Zilla core plugins: @Basic, PruneCruft, PruneFiles. the little squad. 🫶

Other modules: ExtUtils::Manifest.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

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. 🎀

ok that's the whole page, bestie, you ate. now go prune some cruft. 💅✨

signing off from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-10-19, on the Dist::Z...festSkip(3) page — mwah, love u, bye 🦋

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