[chef] Re: Re: Re: knife cookbook create --type=minimal

[Jeff Blaine < >]

On 4/4/2013 3:19 PM, Larry Wright wrote:
> I've wanted this forever, and I would agree with Cassiano that making it
> the default would be ideal.

I would make it so you could make it the default by
setting something in your knife.rb

I don't want to change what's been in place since 2009
(unless Opscode folks say go ahead and change the default).

> --
> Larry Wright
>
> On Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Cassiano Leal wrote:
>
> > I'd probably add attributes/default.rb to the list, but it sure sounds
> > like a good idea.
> >
> > I'd actually go as far as making this the default, or at least
> > configurable. It would save a lot of deleting after creating a new
> > cookbook. :)
> >
> > - cassiano
> >
> > On Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 15:08, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> >
> > > I've opened "New Feature" ticket
> > > http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4062 with no code yet.
> > >
> > > Reason: Tired of cleaning up new cookbooks
> > >
> > > Essence:
> > >
> > > knife cookbook create foobar (works as normal, --type=full as default)
> > >
> > > knife cookbook create foobar --type=minimal will give you only the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > 1. Same metadata.rb as 'full'
> > > 2. Same README as 'full'
> > > 3. Same CHANGELOG as 'full'
> > > 4. Same recipes/default.rb as 'full'
> > >
> > > Nothing else.
> > >
> > > Oviously Opscode's ultimate call, but I wanted to throw it out
> > > here as well. Thoughts? Feel free to email me directly if you
> > > prefer.