NAME version::dev - Set $VERSION based on version from git tags VERSION This document describes version 0.001 of version::dev (from Perl distribution version-dev), released on 2019-04-14. SYNOPSIS In lib/MyModule.pm you work on (you're using Dist::Zilla and a plugin like Dist::Zilla::Plugin::PkgVersion or Dist::Zilla::Plugin::OurPkgVersion): package MyModule; # VERSION ... Your git tags: % git tag v0.003 v0.002 v0.001 When running script that uses your module: % perl -Ilib -Mversion::dev -MMyModule E'...' $MyModule::VERSION will be set to "0.003_001" (if not already set). DESCRIPTION Sometimes you do not explicitly set $VERSION in the module source code that you're working on. For example, you're using Dist::Zilla with a plugin that will set $VERSION during build, so only your built version of modules will have their $VERSION set. Wen working with the unbuilt version, this sometimes creates problem or annoyances when other modules or other code expect your module to set $VERSION. This pragma solves that annoyances. It installs a require hook that will check if the module being loaded is: 1) inside the working directory; and 2) the module's package does not have $VERSION set. If the conditions are met, then first it will: 1) execute "git tag" to list tags that look like a version number; 2) grab the most recent version; 3) bump the version's dev part, e.g. v1.1 becomes v1.1_001 and v1.1_001 becomes v1.1_002; 3) set the module's package $VERSION with this version. HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . 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. SEE ALSO AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2019 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.