- Add utility method RealityForge::SearchTools.search_and_deep_merge to merge a search result into a hash and return it.
- Support a get_attribute helper method on RealityForge::AttributeTools
- Add support for passing Mash instances into deep_merge and ensure_attribute methods of RealityForge::AttributeTools
- Add support for setting values into Mash values via
RealityForge::AttributeTools.set_attribute
and deprecateRealityForge::AttributeTools.set_attribute_on_node
.
- Extract attribute related helpers into the class RealityForge::AttributeTools and deprecate the old versions.
- Add a utility method to ensure attributes are present. i.e.
Chef::AttributeChecker.ensure_attribute(node, 'iris.version')
- Add a utility class for accessing configuration for "services". Useful for storing configuration in a node or data bags as a poor mans service registry.
- Update
Chef::SearchBlender.blend_search_results_into_node
to use partial search where available.
- Add utility method to blend attribute value into path via
Chef::AttributeBlender.blend_attribute_into_node
- Chef 11 compatibility fixes.
- Declare the notifying_action as part of a provider as the method should only be used in LWRPs. This avoid polluting the Object class with unnecessary methods.
- Initial release.