chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

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

Chef::DSL::IncludeAttribute#parse_attribute_file_spec

Takes a attribute file specification, like "apache2" or "mysql::server"
and converts it to a 2 element array of [cookbook_name, attribute_file_name]

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

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

Contribute

# Make a new branch
git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--DSL--IncludeAttribute-parse_attribute_file_spec-for-pr

# Commit to git
git add lib/chef/dsl/include_attribute.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::DSL::IncludeAttribute#parse_attribute_file_spec"

# 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--DSL--IncludeAttribute-parse_attribute_file_spec-for-pr
hub pull-request

# Celebrate!