[chef] Re: Re: Repositories and git

[Jeffrey Sussna < >]

I think this is one of the reasons Chef is confusing to approach for newbies. Yes, the Getting Started wiki page tells you that git is optional. The problem is that git has been added to the already large list of tools/concepts you need consider, even if only to decide to ignore it. 

Jeff

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Noah Kantrowitz < "> > wrote:

Chef never uses git itself, you upload the cookbooks and other data to the chef-server via knife and clients interface with it from there (or, if you use solo, it just looks in a local folder of your choosing). If you want to use git to version things you are encouraged to (or hg, subversion, etc), but it isn't tied in to Chef itself.

--Noah

On Jul 18, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Oliver Beattie wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> This may seem like a really basic question, and I feel I've probably missed some really elemental "aha moment" that most people get within 10 seconds, but I'm struggling to understand how repositories work with git.
>
> For instance, is it possible to clone the repository and add cookbooks to it locally? When I try it (via use of Knife) I just get an error saying /srv/chef/{something} doesn't exist. I'm assuming to get the benefits of a (D)VCS this must be possible?
>
> Thanks (and apologies if I'm being terribly dense).