vagrant

https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant

Ruby

Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.

Vagrant::Machine#state

Returns the state of this machine. The state is queried from the
backing provider, so it can be any arbitrary symbol.

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Edit

git clone [email protected]:mitchellh/vagrant.git
cd vagrant
open lib/vagrant/machine.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch
git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Vagrant--Machine-state-for-pr

# Commit to git
git add lib/vagrant/machine.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Vagrant::Machine#state"

# Open pull request
gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`
hub fork
git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Vagrant--Machine-state-for-pr
hub pull-request

# Celebrate!