#!perl -T use strict; use warnings; use Test::More tests => 3; sub not_in_file_ok { my ( $filename, %regex ) = @_; open( my $fh, '<', $filename ) or die "couldn't open $filename for reading: $!"; my %violated; while ( my $line = <$fh> ) { while ( my ( $desc, $regex ) = each %regex ) { if ( $line =~ $regex ) { push @{ $violated{$desc} ||= [] }, $.; } } } if (%violated) { fail("$filename contains boilerplate text"); diag "$_ appears on lines @{$violated{$_}}" for keys %violated; } else { pass("$filename contains no boilerplate text"); } } sub module_boilerplate_ok { my ($module) = @_; not_in_file_ok( $module => 'the great new $MODULENAME' => qr/ - The great new /, 'boilerplate description' => qr/Quick summary of what the module/, 'stub function definition' => qr/function[12]/, ); } TODO: { not_in_file_ok( README => "The README is used..." => qr/The README is used/, "'version information here'" => qr/to provide version information/, ); not_in_file_ok( Changes => "placeholder date/time" => qr(Date/time) ); module_boilerplate_ok('lib/App/ClusterSSH.pm'); }