chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

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

Chef::Cookbook::Metadata#errors

A list of validation errors for this metadata object. See #valid? for
comments about the validation criteria.

If there are any validation errors, one or more error strings will be
returned. Otherwise an empty array is returned.

=== Returns
error messages<Array>:: Whether this metadata object is valid

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Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git

cd chef

open lib/chef/cookbook/metadata.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Cookbook--Metadata-errors-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/cookbook/metadata.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::Cookbook::Metadata#errors"

# 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--Cookbook--Metadata-errors-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!