[chef] Re: how scrub client info out of recipes and cookbooks but also preserve commit history?

[Joshua Miller < >]

So I have been working with my team to make sure cookbooks are generalized as 
much as possible for apps.  Define as much as we can using attributes and use 
roles.  For some things that does not work then we try to create a company 
cookbook that has recipes like apache site definitions and such.  I know this 
does not answer your got question but it's how I address the general problem.

Joshua

On Oct 2, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Bryan Berry 
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> perhaps this is a dumb question, but is there is a straightforward way to 
> scrub my recipes and cookbooks of references to a particular customer and 
> at the same time maintain commit history? For example, say I have 1 recipe 
> popular_framework that has references to a customer's internal 
> infrastructure. Over time I will make changes to that recipe. How can I 
> preserve the commit history as I merge those changes into my public github 
> recipe but filter out anything specific to the customer?
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