[chef] Is it possible to version control Chef Repository when working from management workstation?

[anatoly techtonik < >]

Hi,

I work with Chef from workstation knife. I thought that I need to
clone Chef Repository, work with my local copy and then sync it with
the server. But it appears knife modifies that most things (like data
bags) directly on server through API not giving me a chance to record
the changes by committing them into version control system of my local
copy.

So basically if I want a version control over my configuration (Chef
Repository) I am limited to committing changes from server side only.
Did I miss something? How do people version control their
configuration?

It could help if knife had command to download the whole repo.
--
anatoly t.