NAME
    Pinto - Curate a repository of Perl modules

VERSION
    version 0.088

SYNOPSIS
    See pinto to create and manage a Pinto repository.

    See pintod to allow remote access to your Pinto repository.

    See Pinto::Manual for more information about the Pinto tools.

    Stratopan <http://stratopan.com> for hosting your Pinto repository in
    the cloud.

DESCRIPTION
    Pinto is an application for creating and managing a custom CPAN-like
    repository of Perl modules. The purpose of such a repository is to
    provide a stable, curated stack of dependencies from which you can
    reliably build, test, and deploy your application using the standard
    Perl tool chain. Pinto supports various operations for gathering and
    managing distribution dependencies within the repository, so that you
    can control precisely which dependencies go into your application.

FEATURES
    Pinto is inspired by Carton, CPAN::Mini::Inject, and MyCPAN::App::DPAN,
    but adds a few interesting features:

    *   Pinto supports multiple indexes

        A Pinto repository can have multiple indexes. Each index corresponds
        to a "stack" of dependencies that you can control. So you can have
        one stack for development, one for production, one for feature-xyz,
        and so on. You can also branch and merge stacks to experiment with
        new dependencies or upgrades.

    *   Pinto helps manage incompatibilies between dependencies

        Sometimes, you discover that a new version of a dependency is
        incompatible with your application. Pinto allows you to "pin" a
        dependency to a stack, which prevents it from being accidentally
        upgraded (either directly or via some other dependency).

    *   Pinto has built-in version control

        When things go wrong, you can roll back any of the indexes in your
        Pinto repository to a prior revision. Also, you can view the
        complete history of index changes as you add or upgrade
        dependencies.

    *   Pinto can pull archives from multiple remote repositories

        Pinto can pull dependencies from multiple sources, so you can create
        private (or public) networks of repositories that enable separate
        teams or individuals to collaborate and share Perl modules.

    *   Pinto supports team development

        Pinto is suitable for small to medium-sized development teams and
        supports concurrent users. Pinto also has a web service interface
        (via pintod), so remote developers can use a centrally hosted
        repository.

    *   Pinto has a robust command line interface.

        The pinto utility has commands and options to control every aspect
        of your Pinto repository. They are well documented and behave in the
        customary UNIX fashion.

    *   Pinto can be extended.

        You can extend Pinto by creating Pinto::Action subclasses to perform
        new operations on your repository, such as extracting documentation
        from a distribution, or grepping the source code of several
        distributions.

Pinto vs PAUSE
    In some ways, Pinto is similar to PAUSE <http://pause.perl.org>. Both
    are capable of accepting distributions and constructing a directory
    structure and index that Perl installers understand. But there are some
    important differences:

    *   Pinto does not promise to index exactly like PAUSE does

        Over the years, PAUSE has evolved complicated heuristics for dealing
        with all the different ways that Perl code is written and packaged.
        Pinto is much less sophisticated, and only aspires to produce an
        index that is "good enough" for most situations.

    *   Pinto does not understand author permissions

        PAUSE has a system of assigning ownership and co-maintenance
        permission of modules to specific people. Pinto does not have any
        such permission system. All activity is logged so you can identify
        the culprit, but Pinto expects you to be accountable for your
        actions.

    *   Pinto does not enforce security

        PAUSE requires authors to authenticate themselves before they can
        upload or remove modules. Pinto does not require authentication, so
        any user with sufficient file permission can potentialy change the
        repository. However pintod does support HTTP authentication, which
        gives you some control over access to a remote repository.

BUT WHERE IS THE API?
    For now, the Pinto API is private and subject to radical change without
    notice. Any API documentation you see is purely for my own references.
    In the meantime, the command line utilities mentioned in the "SYNOPSIS"
    are your public user interface.

SUPPORT
  Perldoc
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

      perldoc Pinto

  Websites
    The following websites have more information about this module, and may
    be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use
    your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

    *   MetaCPAN

        A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML
        format.

        <http://metacpan.org/release/Pinto>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and
        reviews of Perl modules.

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Pinto>

    *   CPANTS

        The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics )
        of a distribution.

        <http://cpants.perl.org/dist/overview/Pinto>

    *   CPAN Testers

        The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on
        uploaded CPAN distributions.

        <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/P/Pinto>

    *   CPAN Testers Matrix

        The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview
        of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

        <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Pinto>

    *   CPAN Testers Dependencies

        The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the
        test results of all dependencies for a distribution.

        <http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Pinto>

  Internet Relay Chat
    You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't
    know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide:
    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat>. Please be courteous
    and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can
    join those networks/channels and get help:

    *   irc.perl.org

        You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and join this
        channel: #pinto then talk to this person for help: thaljef.

  Bugs / Feature Requests
    <https://github.com/thaljef/Pinto/issues>

  Source Code
    The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please
    feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to
    contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your
    repository :)

    <https://github.com/thaljef/Pinto>

      git clone git://github.com/thaljef/Pinto.git

CONTRIBUTORS
    *   BenRifkah Bergsten-Buret <mail.spammagnet+github@gmail.com>

    *   Boris Däppen <boris_daeppen@bluewin.ch>

    *   Cory G Watson <gphat@onemogin.com>

    *   Glenn Fowler <cebjyre@cpan.org>

    *   Jakob Voss <jakob@nichtich.de>

    *   Jeff <jeff@callahan.local>

    *   Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>

    *   Jeffrey Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>

    *   Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>

    *   Michael G. Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>

    *   Oleg Gashev <oleg@gashev.net>

    *   Steffen Schwigon <ss5@renormalist.net>

    *   Tommy Stanton <tommystanton@gmail.com>

    *   Wolfgang Kinkeldei <wolfgang@kinkeldei.de>

    *   Yanick Champoux <yanick@babyl.dyndns.org>

    *   hesco <hesco@campaignfoundations.com>

AUTHOR
    Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@stratopan.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer.

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

