#NAME

CPAN::Changes::Parser - Parse a CPAN Changelog file

#SYNOPSIS

my $parser = CPAN::Changes::Parser->new(
  version_like => qr/\{\{\$NEXT\}\}/,
  version_prefix => qr/=head\d\s+/,
);

my $changelog = $parser->parse_file('Changes', ':utf8');
my $changelog = $parser->parse_string($content);

#DESCRIPTION

Parses a file or string into a CPAN::Changes object. Many forms of change log are accepted.

#ATTRIBUTES

#version_like

A regular expression for a token that will be accepted in place of a version number. For example, this could be set to qr/\{\{\$NEXT\}\}/ if the Dist::Zilla plugin [NextRelease] is managing the file.

#version_prefix

A regular expression for a prefix that will be matched before a version number. qr/=head\d\s+/ could be used if the change log is using Pod headings for the release headings.

#METHODS

#parse_file

Parses a file into a CPAN::Changes object. Optionally accepts a string of layers to be used when reading the file.

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