What is a xt directory for? Can I ignore or delete it?

xt is for eXtra Tests - tests which are not run as a matter of course can go in here. You may well not have any so you can happily either ignore or delete. It's easy to re-create if you decide you want it later on.

For slightly later, once I've built the module, should I delete the blib directory before make dist?

make clean should take care of that for you - no need to do it by hand.

I had to add use lib 'lib'; to the test files to make the tests use the right version of the module.

How are you running the tests? make test should use this lib path (actually blib/lib) by default. prove has a -l option which takes care of that for you also.

PS. to answer the question in the title, ignore.txt is a generic version control ignore list. This is detailed in the POD for Module::Starter.

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In reply to Re: What is ignore.txt by hippo
in thread What is ignore.txt by Bod

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