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::ExpandNodeObject#temporary_policy?

Indicates whether the policy is temporary, which means an
override_runlist was provided. Chef::Client uses this to decide whether
to do the final node save at the end of the run or not.

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

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

cd chef

open lib/chef/policy_builder/expand_node_object.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--PolicyBuilder--ExpandNodeObject-temporary_policy--for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/policy_builder/expand_node_object.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::PolicyBuilder::ExpandNodeObject#temporary_policy?"

# 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--ExpandNodeObject-temporary_policy--for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!