"dzil setup" for first-time users

I’ve just finished, but not released, a dzil setup command. If a user runs dzil (for most purposes) without a config.ini present, this warning is displayed:

~/code/cs/Dist-Zilla$ dzil build
 WARNING: No global configuration file was found in ~/.dzil -- this limits the
 ability of Dist::Zilla to perform some tasks.  You can run "dzil setup" to
 create a simple first-pass configuration file, or you can touch the file
 ~/.dzil/config.ini to suppress this message in the future.

If you run dzil setup, you see this:

~/code/cs/Dist-Zilla$ dzil setup
 What's your name? Ricardo Signes
 What's your email address? rjbs@cpan.org
 Who, by default, holds the copyright on your code?  [Ricardo Signes]: 
 What license will you use by default (Perl_5, BSD, etc.)?  [Perl_5]: 
 Do you want to enter your PAUSE account details?  [y/N]: y
 What is your PAUSE id?  [RJBS]: 
 What is your PAUSE password? PeasAreDelicious
 config.ini file created!

…and after doing that, you have a ~/.dzil/config.ini:

[%User]
name  = Ricardo Signes
email = rjbs@cpan.org

[%Rights]
license_class    = Perl_5
copyright_holder = Ricardo Signes

[%PAUSE]
username = RJBS
password = PeasAreDelicious

Hopefully this will make it a bit easier to get started directly out of the box.

Written on June 25, 2010