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#declared_key

We usually want to store and reference resources by their declared type and not the actual type that
was looked up by the Resolver (IE, "package" becomes YumPackage class).  If we have not been provided
the declared key we want to fall back on the old to_s key.

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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-declared_key-for-pr

# Commit to git

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

# 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-declared_key-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!