CPAN module authors use a 'MANIFEST.SKIP' file to exclude certain well known files from getting put into a generated 'MANIFEST' file, which would cause them to go into the final distribution package.

The packaging tools try to automatically skip things for you, but if you add one of your own entries, you have to add all the common ones yourself. This module attempts to make all of this boring process as simple and reliable as possible.

Module::Manifest::Skip can create or update a MANIFEST.SKIP file for you. You can add your own entries, and it will leave them alone. You can even tell it to *not* skip certain entries that it normally skips, although this is rarely needed.