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#gem

Metadata DSL to set a gem to install from the cookbook metadata.  May be declared
multiple times.  All the gems from all the cookbooks are combined into one Gemfile
and depsolved together.  Uses Bundler's DSL for its implementation.

Source | Google | Stack overflow

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-gem-for-pr

# Commit to git

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

# 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-gem-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!