[chef] Re: Berksfile.lock commit in dev branches

[Matt Juszczak < >]

Hey,

> What are the disadvantages of including the lock files?​  What do you 
> typically do for your cookbooks?

This was a big debate for us too a few weeks ago. We’re using Berksflow so 
any application/environment cookbooks get the Berksfile.lock checked in. 
However, other cookbooks (like wrapper cookbooks) don’t. We version peg 
*everything* in metadata.rb. Either way (whether you check-in Berksfile.lock 
or not), there’s still no guarantee what you’re testing locally is 100% 
matching production (since production only looks at metadata.rb, unless 
you’ve version pegged an environment with something like Berksflow).

-Matt