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Guard::Chef¶ ↑

Chef guard allows to automatically & intelligently update roles, cookbooks, and databags for chef.

• Compatible with Bundler 1.0.x

• Tested on Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7 & 1.9.2.

Install¶ ↑

Please be sure to have Guard installed before continue.

Install the gem:

gem install guard-chef

Add it to your Gemfile (inside test group):

gem 'guard-chef'

Add guard definition to your Guardfile by running this command:

guard init bundler

Usage¶ ↑

Please read Guard usage doc

Guardfile¶ ↑

Bundler guard can be really be adapted to all kind of projects. Advice: place Bundler guard before other is recommended.

Standard ¶ ↑

group 'backend' do

  guard 'chef' do
    watch(%r{^cookbooks/(.+)/})
    watch(%r{^roles/(.+).rb})
    watch(%r{^data_bags/(.+)/})
  end
end

Options¶ ↑

Nothing yet!

Please read Guard doc for more info about Guardfile DSL.

Development¶ ↑

• Source hosted at GitHub

• Report issues/Questions/Feature requests on GitHub Issues

Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested. Please create a topic branch for every separate change you make.

Authors¶ ↑

Dreamr OKelly