dzil build --in disables tarball generation about dist-zilla HOT 5 OPEN

The docs do mention it.

Specifies the directory into which the distribution should be built. If necessary, the directory will be created. An archive will not be created.

https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist::Zilla::App::Command::build#-in

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I‘ve read this multiple times and missed it every time! 😣
The tgz option doesn‘t mention that you can‘t force it.
What‘s the reason both don‘t work together?
My use-case is building in a Dockerfile where I need the output directory statically named.

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Any update why dzil build --in /output --tgz doesn't build a tarball?

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Probably no one has looked into it, on account of extreme lack of time. I would suggest walking through the build process and seeing how the tarball is built -- the meat of that is in Dist::Zilla::Dist::Builder - start at sub build, and then look for the subs with 'archive' in the name.

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Weirdly, I just noticed this myself like 2wk ago. I may get to this, but I worked around it, so the priority in my head went down. :/

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