[chef] Re: Check for changed attribute values

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Stewart, Curtis wrote:

> Is there anyway to check if a node attribute has changed since the last 
> chef-client run?  
>  
> My particular case is to run a rake task ONLY IF the specified git branch 
> attribute has changed since the last chef-client run.  
>  
> Thanks,
> Curtis  

The old state isn’t kept around. Would it be possible to look at the state of 
the system to figure this out, e.g., add something like  

    only_if “git branch SOMETHING SOMETHING”

to your execute resource?

--  
Daniel DeLeo