Module...::Files(3pm)

πŸ’– Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Files β€” the vibe check for your distro's files ✨

okay so bestie, this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation for the module Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Files, and honestly? it's giving "QA bestie who snoops around your distribution to make sure you didn't forget the important stuff" πŸŽ€


🌸 NAME 🌸

Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Files β€” literally just Check for various files 🫢


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Find various files and directories that should be part of every self-respecting distribution. like, no cap, every distro deserves to have its essentials together πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

πŸ’œ Methods πŸ’œ

⭐ order

Defines the order in which Kwalitee tests should be run.

Returns 15, as data generated by MCK::Files is used by all other tests. so yeah, it goes first-ish because everybody else depends on it, iconic behaviour honestly πŸ‘‘

⭐ analyse

MCK::Files uses File::Find::Object to get a list of all files and directories in a distribution. It checks if certain crucial files are there, and does some other file-specific stuff. lowkey the main character of this whole module πŸ”₯

⭐ kwalitee_indicators

Returns the Kwalitee Indicators data structure. and the indicators are, in order:

  • has_readme
  • has_manifest
  • has_meta_yml
  • has_buildtool
  • has_changelog
  • no_symlinks
  • has_tests
  • has_tests_in_t_dir
  • no_stdin_for_prompting

that's the whole list, bestie β€” all nine of them, i'm not skipping a single one πŸ™ˆ


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Module::CPANTS::Analyse β€” go look at that one too, iykyk πŸ’–


πŸ‘‘ AUTHOR πŸ‘‘

Thomas Klausner <https://metacpan.org/author/domm> β€” the legend behind this whole thing 🫢


Copyright Β© 2003–2006, 2009 Thomas Klausner <https://metacpan.org/author/domm>

You may use and distribute this module according to the same terms that Perl is distributed under. fr fr, just match Perl's terms and you're golden ✨


okay so that's the whole page πŸ’€ nothing hidden, every option and indicator accounted for. go make your distribution proud, bestie πŸ¦‹

and that's a wrap on perl v5.40.1 Β· 2026-07-05 Β· Module...::Files(3pm) β€” mwah πŸ’‹ stan this module, periodt πŸ’…

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