# The `pkgmeta` package

Package metadata information in LaTeX.

## Description

The `pkgmeta` package provides a small interface for retrieving
metadata declared by a LaTeX package or file without loading the target
file.

It recognizes metadata declared by `\ProvidesPackage`,
`\ProvidesFile`, `\ProvidesExplPackage`, and `\ProvidesExplFile`.

## Usage

~~~latex
\pkgmeta[<key>]{<package or file>}
~~~

Available keys are:

~~~text
default
version
date
year
month
day
description
~~~

For example:

~~~latex
\pkgmeta[version]{geometry}
\pkgmeta[date]{geometry}
\pkgmeta[year]{geometry}-\pkgmeta[month]{geometry}-\pkgmeta[day]{geometry}
~~~

With LuaTeX, the target file is read as text. With XeTeX and pdfTeX,
`pkgmeta` uses `readprov` as its backend.

## Documentation

See the [main manual](doc/pkgmeta.pdf) for the complete documentation.

## License and maintainer

- License: LPPL 1.3c or later
- Maintainer: Amer Amikhteh
- Bug reports: please use the repository issue tracker