---
name: "Module::Install::ManifestSkip"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmodule-install-manifestskip-perl"
version: "0.24-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Module::Install::ManifestSkip"
---

# Module::Install::ManifestSkip(3pm)

Generate a MANIFEST.SKIP file

## NAME

Module::Install::ManifestSkip - Generate a MANIFEST.SKIP file

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use inc::Module::Install;
    all_from 'lib/Foo.pm';
    manifest_skip;
    WriteAll;
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module generates a `"MANIFEST.SKIP"` file for you (using Module::Manifest::Skip) that contains the common files that people do not want in their `"MANIFEST"` files. The SKIP file is generated each time that you (the module author) run `"Makefile.PL"`.

You can add your own custom entries at the top of the `"MANIFEST"` file. Just put a blank line after your entries, and they will be left alone.

This module also adds 'MANIFEST' to the `clean_files()` list so that `"make` `clean"` will remove your `"MANIFEST"`.

## OPTIONS

if you don't plan on adding anything to the stock MANIFEST.SKIP and just want `"make clean"` to delete it, say this:

```
    manifest_skip 'clean';
```

## THEORY

one school of thought for release management is that you never commit your `"MANIFEST"` file. You just generate it using `"make manifest"`, right before releasing a module, and then delete it afterwards.

This is good because you never forget to add new files to your `"MANIFEST"`. The only problems are that you always need to generate a `"MANIFEST.SKIP"` file, and you need to add `"MANIFEST"` to your clean\_files, or delete it by hand. This module does these things for you.

## AUTHOR

Ingy döt Net \<ingy@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2010-2014. Ingy döt Net.

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

See \<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html\>