chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

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

Chef::Util::Diff#for_output

@todo: to_a, to_s, to_json, inspect defs, accessors for @diff and @error
@todo: move coercion to UTF-8 into to_json
@todo: replace shellout to diff -u with diff-lcs gem

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Edit

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

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Util--Diff-for_output-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/util/diff.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::Util::Diff#for_output"

# 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--Util--Diff-for_output-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!