chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

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

Chef::Knife::Core::GenericPresenter#interchange?

Is the selected output format a data interchange format?
Returns true if the selected output format is json or yaml, false
otherwise. Knife search uses this to adjust its data output so as not
to produce invalid JSON output.

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

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

cd chef

open knife/lib/chef/knife/core/generic_presenter.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Knife--Core--GenericPresenter-interchange--for-pr

# Commit to git

git add knife/lib/chef/knife/core/generic_presenter.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::Knife::Core::GenericPresenter#interchange?"

# 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--Knife--Core--GenericPresenter-interchange--for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!