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+#!perl
+use 5.010;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+
+plan 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: {
+  local $TODO = "Need to replace the boilerplate text";
+
+  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/webx_type.pm');
+
+
+}
+