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#parse_format_option

Converts the user-supplied value of `config[:format]` to a Symbol
representing the desired output format.
===Returns
returns one of :summary, :text, :json, :yaml, or :pp
===Raises
Raises an ArgumentError if the desired output format could not be
determined from the value of `config[:format]`

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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-parse_format_option-for-pr

# Commit to git

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

# 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-parse_format_option-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!