NAME Dist::Zilla::Plugin::BumpVersionAfterRelease - Bump module versions after distribution release VERSION version 0.008 SYNOPSIS In your code, declare $VERSION like this: package Foo; our $VERSION = '1.23'; In your dist.ini: [RewriteVersion] [BumpVersionAfterRelease] DESCRIPTION After a release, this module modifies your original source code to replace an existing "our $VERSION = '1.23'" declaration with the next number after the released version as determined by Version::Next. Only the first occurrence is affected (unless you set the "global" attribute) and it must exactly match this regular expression: qr{^our \s+ \$VERSION \s* = \s* '$version::LAX'}mx It must be at the start of a line and any trailing comments are deleted. The original may have double-quotes, but the re-written line will have single quotes. The very restrictive regular expression format is intentional to avoid the various ways finding a version assignment could go wrong and to avoid using PPI, which has similar complexity issues. For most modules, this should work just fine. USAGE This Dist::Zilla plugin, along with RewriteVersion let you leave a $VERSION declaration in the code files in your repository but still let Dist::Zilla provide automated version management. First, you include a very specific $VERSION declaration in your code: our $VERSION = '0.001'; It must be on a line by itself and should be the same in all your files. (If it is not, it will be overwritten anyway.) RewriteVersion is a version provider plugin, so the version line from your main module will be used as the version for your release. If you override the version with the "V" environment variable, then RewriteVersion will overwrite the $VERSION declaration in the gathered files. V=1.000 dzil release Finally, after a successful release, this module BumpVersionAfterRelease will overwrite the $VERSION declaration in your source files to be the next version after the one you just released. That version will then be the default one that will be used for the next release. You can configure which files have their $VERSION declarations modified, with the "finder" option. The default finders are ":InstallModules" and ":ExecFiles"; other predefined finders are listed in "default_finders" in Dist::Zilla::Role::FileFinderUser. If you tag/commit after a release, you may want to tag and commit before the source files are modified. Here is a sample "dist.ini" that shows how you might do that. name = Foo-Bar author = David Golden license = Apache_2_0 copyright_holder = David Golden copyright_year = 2014 [@Basic] [RewriteVersion] ; commit source files as of "dzil release" with any ; allowable modifications (e.g Changes) [Git::Commit / Commit_Dirty_Files] ; commit files/Changes (as released) ; tag as of "dzil release" [Git::Tag] ; update Changes with timestamp of release [NextRelease] [BumpVersionAfterRelease] ; commit source files after modification [Git::Commit / Commit_Changes] ; commit Changes (for new dev) allow_dirty_match = ^lib/ commit_msg = Commit Changes and bump $VERSION ATTRIBUTES global If true, all occurrences of the version pattern will be replaced. Otherwise, only the first occurrence is replaced. Defaults to false. munge_makefile_pl If there is a Makefile.PL in the root of the repository, its version will be set as well. Defaults to true. SEE ALSO Here are some other plugins for managing $VERSION in your distribution: * Dist::Zilla::Plugin::PkgVersion * Dist::Zilla::Plugin::OurPkgVersion * Dist::Zilla::Plugin::OverridePkgVersion * Dist::Zilla::Plugin::SurgicalPkgVersion * Dist::Zilla::Plugin::PkgVersionIfModuleWithPod SUPPORT Bugs / Feature Requests Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at . You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue. Source Code This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license. git clone https://github.com/dagolden/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-BumpVersionAfterRelease.git AUTHOR David Golden CONTRIBUTORS * Karen Etheridge * Kent Fredric COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by David Golden. This is free software, licensed under: The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004