NAME Dist::Zilla::Plugin::CopyrightYearFromGit - Set copyright year from git VERSION This document describes version 0.009 of Dist::Zilla::Plugin::CopyrightYearFromGit (from Perl distribution Dist-Zilla-Plugin-CopyrightYearFromGit), released on 2021-08-24. SYNOPSIS Suppose the current year is 2021 and you have release git tags for 2019, 2017, 2016. The default setting will make copyright_year to be: 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016 In dist.ini: [CopyrightYearFromGit] ; release_tag_regex = ^v ; optional, default is ^(version|ver|v)\d ; author_name_regex = foo ; optional, default is none (any author name will be included) ; author_email_regex = foo ; optional, default is none (any author email will be included) ; min_year = 2017 ; optional, setting this would make copyright_year become: 2021, 2019, 2017. ; include_year = 2015 ; include_year = 2013 ; optional, setting this two lines would make copyright_year become: 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013. ; exclude_year = 2016 ; exclude_year = 2017 ; optional, setting this two lines would make copyright_year become: 2021, 2019 ; continuous_year = 1 ; optional, setting this would make copyright_year become: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 DESCRIPTION This plugin will set copyright_year to something like: 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016 where the years will be retrieved from: 1) the date of git tags that resemble version string (qr/^(version|ver|v)?\d/); 2) the current year. Years that do not see version tags and are not the current year will not be included, unless you set "continuous_year" or "include_year". On the other hand, years that see version tags or the current year can be excluded via "min_year" or "exclude_year". The included years will be listed in descending order in a comma-separated list. This format is commonly used in books, where the year of each revision/edition is mentioned, e.g.: Copyright (c) 2013, 2010, 2008, 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. CONFIGURATION release_tag_regex String (regex pattern). Specify a custom regular expression for matching git release tags. An old alias "regex" is still recognized, but deprecated. author_name_regex String (regex pattern). Only consider release commits where author name matches this regex. author_email_regex String (regex pattern). Only consider release commits where author email matches this regex. min_year Integer. Instruct the plugin to not include years below this year. If "min_year" is (incorrectly) set to a value larger than the current year, then the current year will be used instead. Note that "include_year" and "exclude_year" override "min_year". include_year Integer (can be specified multiple times). Force-include one or more years. Note that "exclude_year" overrides "include_year". exclude_year Integer (can be specified multiple times). Force-exclude one or more years. Note that "continuous_year" overrides "exclude_year". continuous_year Boolean. If set to true, will make copyright_year a continuous range from the smallest included year to the largest included year, with no gap inside. HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . SEE ALSO AUTHOR perlancar CONTRIBUTOR Stephen Thirlwall CONTRIBUTING To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub. Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via: % prove -l If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla plugin and/or Pod::Weaver::Plugin. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2021, 2019, 2017 by perlancar . This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.