# NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ChangelogFromGit::CPAN::Changes - Generate valid CPAN::Changes Changelogs from git

# VERSION

version 0.173421

# SYNOPSIS

```
[ChangelogFromGit::CPAN::Changes]
; All options from [ChangelogFromGit] plus
group_by_author       = 1 ; default 0
show_author_email     = 1 ; default 0
show_author           = 0 ; default 1
edit_changelog        = 1 ; default 0
```

# ATTRIBUTES

## group\_by\_author

Whether to group commit messages by their author. This is the only way previous
versions did it. Defaults to no, and \[ Anne Author \] is appended to the commit
message.

Defaults to off.

## show\_author\_email

Author email is probably just noise for most people, but turn this on if you
want to show it \[ Anne Author <anne@author.com> \]

Defaults to off.

## show\_author

Whether to show authors at all. Turning this off also
turns off grouping by author and author emails.

Defaults to on.

## `tag_regexp`

A regexp string which will be used to match git tags to find releases. If your
release tags are not compliant with [CPAN::Changes::Spec](https://metacpan.org/pod/CPAN::Changes::Spec), you can use a
capture group. It will be used as the version in place of the full tag name.

Also takes `semantic`, which becomes `qr{^v?(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$}`, and
`decimal`, which becomes `qr{^v?(\d+\.\d+)$}`.

Defaults to 'decimal'

## `file_name`

The name of the changelog file.

Defaults to 'Changes'.

## `preamble`

Block of text at the beginning of the changelog.

Defaults to 'Changelog for $dist\_name'

## `copy_to_root`

When true, the generated changelog will be copied into the root folder where it
can be committed (possiby automatically by [Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Commit](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Commit))

Defaults to true.

## `edit_changelog`

When true, the generated changelog will be opened in an editor to allow manual
editing.

Defaults to false.

# BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

You can make new bug reports, and view existing ones, through the
web interface at [https://github.com/ioanrogers/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-ChangelogFromGit-CPAN-Changes/issues](https://github.com/ioanrogers/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-ChangelogFromGit-CPAN-Changes/issues).

# AVAILABILITY

The project homepage is [http://search.cpan.org/dist/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-ChangelogFromGit-CPAN-Changes/](http://search.cpan.org/dist/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-ChangelogFromGit-CPAN-Changes/).

The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl
Archive Network (CPAN). Visit [http://www.perl.com/CPAN/](http://www.perl.com/CPAN/) to find a CPAN
site near you, or see [https://metacpan.org/module/Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ChangelogFromGit::CPAN::Changes/](https://metacpan.org/module/Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ChangelogFromGit::CPAN::Changes/).

# SOURCE

The development version is on github at [https://github.com/ioanrogers/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-ChangelogFromGit-CPAN-Changes](https://github.com/ioanrogers/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-ChangelogFromGit-CPAN-Changes)
and may be cloned from [git://github.com/ioanrogers/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-ChangelogFromGit-CPAN-Changes.git](git://github.com/ioanrogers/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-ChangelogFromGit-CPAN-Changes.git)

# AUTHOR

Ioan Rogers <ioanr@cpan.org>

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Ioan Rogers.

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

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