[chef] Re: Branches as an alternative to environments?

[Roland Moriz < >]

Hi,

Am 24.02.11 17:20, schrieb Michael Hale:
> Has anyone thought about using git branches as an alternative to 
> environments?
> 
> * Branches already provide a nice mechanism for associating a
> particular set of cookbook/role/data_bag versions together as a named
> thing.

I do the switching based on the current active git branch OR through
environment variables which allows me a great flexibility (I have to
switch between different organizations and environments regularly)

https://gist.github.com/842491

This works with the default rake tasks of a cloned "chef-repo" e.g.

rake upload_cookbooks
rake roles
...

regards
Roland