Stopping indexing with ExtUtils::MakeMaker

In order to stop ExtUtils::MakeMaker from indexing two directories called "tmpl" and "build", add the following to WriteMakefile:

WriteMakefile (
    # Other parts skipped here
    META_MERGE   => {
        no_index => {
            directory => [qw/tmpl build/],
        }
    }

This adds the information to the file META.yml which ExtUtils::MakeMaker creates when you do make dist. This only works for ExtUtils::MakeMaker from version 6.46 onwards, so you might need to add

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.46;

at the top as well.

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