NAME Package - The Acmeist Module Package Management Tool SYNOPSIS From the command line: > pkg help > pkg new \ --from=pkg/perl/dzil \ --module=Foo::Bar \ --desc='Foo to the Bar' \ foo-bar-pm DESCRIPTION "pkg" is your tool for creating distributable, modular packages, in a variety of programming languages. Perl 5 modules for CPAN, Python modules for PyPI, Ruby modules for RubyGems, etc. In truth, pkg is nothing more than a simple way to create a new directory of starter files, by applying a set of configuration information to a set of file templates. The information is all completely in your control. You can use other people's templates or create your own. QUICK START Here's the quick and simple way to get started, assuming you are familiar with cpanm and "git". From the command line: # Go to the directory where you keep your repos: cd $HOME/src/ # Get the base pkg directory: git clone https://github.com/ingydotnet/pkg-pkg.git pkg # pkg/README will contain a list of known pkg template repos # Get a basic pkg template. In the case, for a Perl module: git clone https://github.com/rafl/perl-pkg.git pkg/perl # Maybe get a more specific Perl module template: git clone https://github.com/rafl/perl-dzil-pkg.git pkg/perl/dzil # Edit the conf files appropriately edit pkg/pkg.conf pkg/perl/pkg.conf pkg/perl/dzil/pkg.conf # Now create a new perl module in the foo-bar-pm directory pkg new --from=pkg/perl --module=Foo::Bar --desc='Foo Bar' foo-bar-pm # Make another new module! pkg new --from=pkg/perl/dzil --module=Bar::Bar --desc='Bar Bar' bar-bar-pm That was easy. TEMPLATES The main template repository is: <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pkg-pkg.git> The README in this repo contains repos for many other repos. You can easily create your own too. Just make sure there is a "pkg.conf" file in each template dir (even if it is empty). Template directories inherit from their parent directory. More doc soon. AUTHOR Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2011-2014. 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>