---
name: "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::TemplateFiles"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdist-zilla-plugin-templatefiles-perl"
version: "0.03-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Dist::Zilla::Plugin::TemplateFiles"
---

# Dist::Zilla::Plugin::TemplateFiles(3pm)

Use files to template a distribution

## NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::TemplateFiles - Use files to template a distribution

## VERSION

version 0.03

## SYNOPSIS

In your *dist.ini*:

```
  [TemplateFiles]
      filename = README
      filename = path/to/other/file
```

## DESCRIPTION

Utilize Text::Template to turn certain files into templates.  Each template has available to it the `$dist` variable that is the instance of Dist::Zilla currently running.  Only those files listed in `"dist.ini"` as `"filename = blah"` will be considered templates. Filenames are given relative to the root of the build.

## NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::TemplateFiles - use files as templates to build a distribution

## AUTHOR

Jonathan Scott Duff \<duff@pobox.com\>

## COPYRIGHT

This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Jonathan Scott Duff

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

## AUTHOR

Jonathan Scott Duff \<duff@pobox.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Jonathan Scott Duff.

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