[chef] Re: knife cookbook usage

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Hedge Hog 
<
 >
 wrote:
> So I wonder if knife supports using cookbooks that are not obtained
> via Knife's 'cookbook create' or 'cookbook download'?
> Specifically I'd like to have cookbooks in my chef-repo that brought
> into the folder by something other than knife.
> Is this a supported use case?

From knife's point of view, a cookbook is just a collection of files
with the right directory structure. It doesn't matter if they were
obtained by extracting a tarball, rsync-ing from a remote source, your
version control system, or any other means. The knife commands that
are there are just a convenience to make common workflows easier.

>
> Best wishes
>
> --
> πόλλ' οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα
> [The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.]
>   Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC)
> http://wiki.hedgehogshiatus.com
>

Dan DeLeo