chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::Resource#retries

The number of times to retry this resource if it fails by throwing an
exception while running an action.  Default: 0

When the retries have run out, the Resource will throw the last
exception.

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git
cd chef
open lib/chef/resource.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Resource-retries-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/resource.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::Resource#retries"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Resource-retries-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!