chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

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

Chef::PolicyBuilder::Policyfile#manifest_for

Fetches the CookbookVersion object for the given name and identifer
specified in the lock_data.
TODO: This only implements Chef 11 compatibility mode, which means that
cookbooks are fetched by the "dotted_decimal_identifier": a
representation of a SHA1 in the traditional x.y.z version format.

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Edit

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

cd chef

open lib/chef/policy_builder/policyfile.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--PolicyBuilder--Policyfile-manifest_for-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/policy_builder/policyfile.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::PolicyBuilder::Policyfile#manifest_for"

# 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--PolicyBuilder--Policyfile-manifest_for-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!