From 36d98da309da9c4b39982a7cc4eae79679bd6c12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Loic ANTOINE-GOMBEAUD <loweekee@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:13:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added warning when following a redirect with a different
 method than that of the original request

---
 lib/chef/rest.rb | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/chef/rest.rb b/lib/chef/rest.rb
index 23835773691..7a6339818ce 100644
--- a/lib/chef/rest.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/rest.rb
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ def raw_http_request(method, url, headers, body)
           elsif response.kind_of?(Net::HTTPNotModified) # Must be tested before Net::HTTPRedirection because it's subclass.
             false
           elsif redirect_location = redirected_to(response)
+            if method != :GET
+              Chef::Log.warn("Following a redirect with GET, original request's method was #{method.to_s}")
+            end
             follow_redirect {api_request(:GET, create_url(redirect_location))}
           else
             # have to decompress the body before making an exception for it. But the body could be nil.