NAME

       Dist::Zilla::App::Command::build - build your dist

VERSION

       version 6.030

SYNOPSIS

         dzil build [ --trial ] [ --tgz | --no-tgz ] [ --in /path/to/build/dir ]

DESCRIPTION

       This command is a very thin layer over the Dist::Zilla "build" method, which does all the things required
       to build your distribution.  By default, it will also archive your distribution and leave you with a
       complete, ready-to-release distribution tarball.

       To go a bit further in depth, the "build" command will do two things:

       •   Generate  a  directory  containing  your  module,  "Foo-0.100". This directory is complete. You could
           create a gzipped tarball from this directory and upload it directly to "PAUSE" if you so desired. You
           could "cd" into this directory and test your module  on  Perl  installations  where  you  don't  have
           "Dist::Zilla", for example.

           This  is  a  default  behavior of the "build" command. You can alter where it puts the directory with
           "--in /path/to/build/dir".

       •   Generate a gzipped tarball of your module, "Foo-0.100.tar.gz". This file could be  uploaded  directly
           to  "PAUSE"  to  make  a  release  of your module if you wanted. Or, you can test your module: "cpanm
           --test-only Foo-0.100.tar.gz".  This is the same thing you would get if you compressed the  directory
           described above.

           The  gzipped  tarball is generated by default, but if you don't want it to be generated, you can pass
           the "--no-tgz" option. In that case, it would only generate the directory described above.

       Once you're done testing or publishing your build, you can clean up everything with a "dzil clean".

PERL VERSION

       This module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the  Perl  5  Porters.   This
       means  it  should  work on any version of perl released in the last two to three years.  (That is, if the
       most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38.)

       Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the  minimum  required  version
       will not be increased.  The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches
       will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.

EXAMPLE

         $ dzil build
         $ dzil build --no-tgz
         $ dzil build --in /path/to/build/dir

OPTIONS

   --trial
       This  will  build  a  trial  distribution.   Among  other  things,  it will generally mean that the built
       tarball's basename ends in -TRIAL.

   --tgz | --no-tgz
       Builds a .tar.gz in your project directory after building the distribution.

       --tgz behaviour is by default, use --no-tgz to disable building an archive.

   --in
       Specifies the directory into which the distribution should be built.  If necessary, the directory will be
       created.  An archive will not be created.

AUTHOR

       Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2023 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.

perl v5.36.0                                       2023-01-19              Dist::Zilla::App::Command::build(3pm)