chef / chef/chef-web-docs

Make special notes about and document behavior of the cookbook attribute

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Description

The cookbook attribute found in the template and cookbook_file should have some more specific notes in their respective resource documents to talk about how Chef resolves the location of a source file.

The Custom Resources example section should also make special note of this since the template resource is used. I think it should talk about if you use the website resource in another cookbook that it will have to define the cookbook attribute and maybe provide an example.

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing template and cookbook_file resource documentation, then review the Custom Resources example section. Document how Chef resolves a source file location, explain when the cookbook attribute is needed for a resource used from another cookbook, and include an example showing that usage.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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