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+# Description
+
+LWRP to manage [homesick][homesick] castles.
+
+# Requirements
+
+## Chef
+
+Tested on 0.10.2 and 0.10.4 but newer and older version should work just fine.
+File an [issue][issues] if this isn't the case.
+
+## Platform
+
+The following platforms have been tested with this cookbook, meaning that the
+recipes run on these platforms without error:
+
+* ubuntu
+* debian
+* mac_os_x
+* suse
+* openbsd
+
+Please [report][issues] any additional platforms so they can be added.
+
+## Cookbooks
+
+There are **no** external cookbook dependencies. If you are using [RVM][rvm],
+then you should consider using the [rvm cookbook][rvm_cb].
+
+# Usage
+
+Simply include `recipe[homesick]` in your run_list and the `homesick_repo`
+resource will be available.
+
+To use `recipe[homesick::data_bag]`, include it in your run_list and have a
+data bag called `"users"` with an item for your user like the following:
+
+    {
+      "id"  : "wigglebottom",
+      "homesick_castles"  : [
+        { "name"    : "dotvim",
+          "source"  : "git://github.com/fnichol/dotvim.git"
+        },
+        { "name"    : "dotfiles",
+          "source"  : "git://github.com/fnichol/dotfiles.git",
+          "action"  : "update"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+
+The data bag recipe will iterate through a list of usernames defined in
+`node['users']` and attempt to pull in the homesick information from the data
+bag item. In other words, having:
+
+    node['users'] = ['hsolo']
+
+will set up the `hsolo` user's castles and not use the `wigglebottom` user.
+
+# Recipes
+
+## default
+
+This recipe is a no-op and does nothing.
+
+Use this recipe when you only want access to the `homesick_castle` LWRP.
+
+## data_bag
+
+Fetches an list of homesick castles with data drawn from a data bag. The
+default data bag is `"users"` and the list of user accounts to iterate through
+is set on `node['users']`.
+
+Use this recipe when you want data bag driven data in your workflow.
+
+# Attributes
+
+## `data_bag`
+
+The data bag name containing a group of user account information. This is used
+by the `data_bag` recipe to use as a database of user accounts. The default is
+`"users"`.
+
+# Resources and Providers
+
+## homesick_castle
+
+### Actions
+
+Action    |Description                   |Default
+----------|------------------------------|-------
+install   |Clones the castle and symlinks it. |Yes
+update    |Pulls updates for the castle and re-symlinks it. |
+
+### Attributes
+
+Attribute   |Description |Default value
+------------|------------|-------------
+name        |**Name attribute:** The name of the homesick castle. |`nil`
+source      |The clone URL (http, https, git, etc.) of the castle. |`nil`
+
+### Examples
+
+#### Install a Castle
+
+    homesick_castle 'dotvim' do
+      source  'git://github.com/fnichol/dotvim.git'
+    end
+
+**Note:** the install action is the default.
+
+#### Pull Updates for a Castle
+
+    homesick_castle 'dotfiles' do
+      source  'git://github.com/fnichol/dotfiles.git'
+      action  :update
+    end
+
+# Development
+
+* Source hosted at [GitHub][repo]
+* Report issues/Questions/Feature requests on [GitHub Issues][issues]
+
+Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested.
+Ideally create a topic branch for every seperate change you make.
+
+# License and Author
+
+Author:: Fletcher Nichol (<fnichol@nichol.ca>)
+
+Copyright 2011, Fletcher Nichol
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+[homesick]:     https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick
+[rvm]:          http://rvm.beginrescueend.com
+[rvm_cb]:       https://github.com/fnichol/chef-rvm
+
+[repo]:         https://github.com/fnichol/chef-homesick
+[issues]:       https://github.com/fnichol/chef-homesick/issues
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: homesick
+# Attributes:: default
+#
+# Author:: Fletcher Nichol <fnichol@nichol.ca>
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Fletcher Nichol
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+default['homesick']['data_bag'] = "users"
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
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+maintainer       "Fletcher Nichol"
+maintainer_email "fnichol@nichol.ca"
+license          "Apache 2.0"
+description      "Installs/Configures homesick"
+long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
+version          "0.0.1"
+
+supports "ubuntu"
+supports "debian"
+supports "mac_os_x"
+supports "openbsd"
+supports "suse"
+
+recipe "homesick", "Processes a list of homesick castles (which is empty by default)."
+recipe "homesick::data_bag", "Fetches a list of homesick castles from a data bag item and appends it to the `node['homesick']['castles']` attribute for processing."
diff --git a/providers/castle.rb b/providers/castle.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: homesick
+# Provider:: castle
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Fletcher Nichol
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+require 'pathname'
+
+def load_current_resource
+  castle = castles.select{ |c| c[:name] == new_resource.castle }.first
+  if castle
+    @current_resource = Chef::Resource::HomesickCastle.new(castle[:name])
+    @current_resource.source = castle[:source]
+  else
+    @current_resource = nil
+  end
+end
+
+action :install do
+  if !@current_resource       # castle is not installed
+    clone
+    update
+  end
+end
+
+action :update do
+  clone if !@current_resource # castle is not installed
+  update
+end
+
+private
+
+def castles
+  Pathname.glob("#{repos_dir}/**/*/.git").map do |c|
+    castle = c.dirname
+    source = ""
+    Dir.chdir castle do
+      source = `git config remote.origin.url`.chomp
+    end
+
+    { :name   => castle.relative_path_from(repos_dir).to_s,
+      :source => source
+    }
+  end
+end
+
+def repos_dir
+  @repos_dir ||= home_dir.join('.homesick', 'repos').expand_path
+end
+
+def home_dir
+  @home_dir ||= Pathname.new(Etc.getpwnam(new_resource.user).dir).expand_path
+end
+
+def clone
+  execute "homesick clone #{new_resource.source} --force" do
+    user  new_resource.user
+  end
+end
+
+def update
+  execute "homesick pull #{new_resource.castle} --force" do
+    user  new_resource.user
+  end
+
+  execute "homesick symlink #{new_resource.castle} --force" do
+    user  new_resource.user
+  end
+end
diff --git a/recipes/data_bag.rb b/recipes/data_bag.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: homesick
+# Recipe:: data_bag
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Fletcher Nichol
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+bag   = node['homesick']['data_bag']
+users = begin
+  data_bag(bag)
+rescue => ex
+  Chef::Log.info("Data bag #{bag.join('/')} not found (#{ex}), so skipping")
+  []
+end
+
+include_recipe 'homesick'
+
+Array(node['users']).each do |i|
+  u = data_bag_item(bag, i)
+
+  Array(u['homesick_castles']).each do |castle|
+    homesick_castle castle['name'] do
+      user    u['id']
+      source  castle['source']         if castle['source']
+      action  castle['action'].to_sym  if castle['action']
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: homesick
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Fletcher Nichol
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# install homesick gem during chef compile phase
+gem_package 'homesick' do
+  action :nothing
+end.run_action(:install)
+
+require 'rubygems'
+Gem.clear_paths
+require 'homesick'
diff --git a/resources/castle.rb b/resources/castle.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: homesick
+# Resource:: castle
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Fletcher Nichol
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+actions :install, :update
+
+attribute :castle,  :kind_of => String, :name_attribute => true
+attribute :source,  :kind_of => String, :required => true
+attribute :user,    :kind_of => String, :required => true
+
+def initialize(*args)
+  super
+  @action = :install
+end