NAME
    Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ChangelogFromGit - build CHANGES from git commits
    and tags

VERSION
    version 0.002

SYNOPSIS
    In your dist.ini:

            [ChangelogFromGit]
            max_age     = 365
            tag_regexp  = ^v\d+_\d+$
            file_name   = CHANGES
            wrap_column = 74

    The example values are the defaults.

DESCRIPTION
    This Dist::Zilla plugin writes a CHANGES file that contains formatted
    commit information from recent git logs.

    This plugin has the following configuration variables:

    * max_age

      It may be impractical to include the full change log in a mature
      project's distribution. "max_age" limits the changes to the most
      recent ones within a number of days. The default is about one year.

      Include two years of changes:

              max_age = 730

    * tag_regexp

      This plugin breaks the changelog into sections delineated by releases,
      which are defined by release tags. "tag_regexp" may be used to focus
      only on those tags that follow a particular release tagging format.
      Some of the author's repositories contain multiple projects, each with
      their own specific release tag formats, so that changelogs can focus
      on particular projects' tags. For instance, POE::Test::Loops' release
      tags may be specified as:

              tag_regexp = ^ptl-

    * file_name

      Everyone has a preference for their change logs. If you prefer
      lowercase in your change log file names, you migt specify:

              file_name = Changes

    * wrap_column

      Changes from different contributors tend to vary in format. This
      plugin uses Text::Wrap to normalize the width of commit messages. The
      "wrap_column" parameter may be used to alter the reformatted line
      width. If 74 is to short, one might specify:

              wrap_column = 78

Subversion and CVS
    This plugin is almost entirely a copy-and-paste port of a command-line
    tool I wrote a while ago. I also have tools to generate change logs from
    CVS and Subversion commits. If anyone is interested, plugins for these
    other version control systems should be about an hour's work apiece.

AUTHOR
    Rocco Caputo <rcaputo@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Rocco Caputo.

    This is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language itself.

