[[chef-dev]] Re: [[chef-dev]] Git support to knife cookbook upload

[Dennis Klein < >]

> Hiya,
> 
> I was wondering if you guys are willing to add something this to knife
> cookbook upload:
> 
>    knife cookbook upload git://github.com/rubiojr/yum-stress-cookbook.git
> 
> This will basically clone the repo to the cookbook path and upload it
> to the Chef Server, an operation I've been doing to much lately :)
> 
> I've created a topic branch for this:
> 
> https://github.com/rubiojr/chef/tree/cook-upload-git-support
> 
> The downside is that git is added as a dependency. Needs better input
> validation and error handling probably, just waiting to see if you
> guys find something like this useful and nobody is (hopefully) working
> on this right now.
> 
> Cheers.

If you build something like this, pls be aware of that uploading the head 
version of a git repository is just a special case. You would need a knife 
syntax where you can specify one or many git versions (maybe specified 
through git tags) that get checked out and then be uploaded!

--
Dennis