App::DocKnot::Config - Read and return DocKnot package configuration

       Russ Allbery <rra@cpan.org>

       new(ARGS)
           Create a new App::DocKnot::Config object.  This should be used  for  all  subsequent  actions.   ARGS
           should be a hash reference with one or more of the following keys:

           metadata
               The  path  to  the  metadata  for  a package.  Default: docs/docknot.yaml relative to the current
               directory.

       Copyright 2013-2022 Russ Allbery <rra@cpan.org>

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       This component of DocKnot reads and returns the DocKnot global configuration and the configuration for a
       package.  It takes as input a directory of metadata and returns either the global configuration or the
       package configuration as a hash.

       The global configuration and additional metadata about specific licenses is loaded via File::BaseDir and
       therefore uses XDG paths by default.  This means that the configuration and supplemental license metadata
       is found by searching the following paths in order:

       1.  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/docknot ($HOME/.config/docknot by default)

       2.  $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/docknot (/etc/xdg/docknot by default)

       3.  Files included in the package.

       The global configuration file should be named config.yaml in that directory.  The license metadata should
       be named licenses.yaml.

       Default  license  metadata  is  included  with  the  App::DocKnot module and is used unless more specific
       configuration files exist.  Be aware that, if such a configuration file exists, the data  is  not  merged
       and only the configuration file is used.

       The  global  configuration  file ($HOME/.config/docknot/config.yaml by default) may contain the following
       keys:

       archivedir
           Specifies the directory into which distribution tarballs are placed by the "docknot release" command.
           The current distribution will be put in a subdirectory named after the "distribution.section" key  in
           the package configuration.  Older versions will be moved to the ARCHIVE subdirectory of archivedir.

           If this is not specified, the -a option to "docknot release" is mandatory.

       distdir
           Specifies  the  directory into which to build and store distribution tarballs (via the "docknot dist"
           command).  Subdirectories of this directory are used as working directories while the distribution is
           being built, and the final tarballs are stored in this directory.

           If this is not specified, the -d options to "docknot dist" and "docknot release" is mandatory.

       pgp_key
           Sign distribution tarballs generated via "docknot dist" with this PGP  key.   Equivalent  to  the  -p
           option to "docknot dist".

       versions
           Path to the .versions file that should be updated by "docknot release".  A .versions file records the
           versions  and  release  dates  of  software  packages.   See  App::Docknot::Spin::Versions  for  more
           information.

config()
           Load the metadata for the package and return it as a hash.  The possible keys of this  hash  and  the
           possible values are not yet documented.

       global_config()
           Load the global DocKnot configuration and return it as a hash.

       App::DocKnot::Config - Read and return DocKnot package configuration

       Perl 5.24 or later and the modules File::BaseDir, File::ShareDir, Kwalify, and YAML::XS, all of which are
       available from CPAN.

docknot(1), App::DocKnot::Dist, App::DocKnot::Release, App::DocKnot::Spin::Versions

       This module is part of the App-DocKnot distribution.  The current version of DocKnot  is  available  from
       CPAN, or directly from its web site at <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/docknot/>.

perl v5.38.2                                       2024-07-14                          App::DocKnot::Config(3pm)

           use App::DocKnot::Config;
           my $reader = App::DocKnot::Config->new({ metadata => 'docs/docknot.yaml' });
           my $config = $reader->config();
           my $global_config = $reader->global_config();