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Created January 31, 2012 21:49
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template override between cookbooks
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foo.rb
template "/tmp/foo.rb"
source "foo.rb.erb"
cookbook "banana"
end
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other_shit.rb
include_recipe "whatever_cookbook::foo"
begin
t = resources(:template => "/tmp/foo.rb")
t.source "bonkers.rb.erb"
t.cookbook "definitely_not_banana"
rescue Chef::Exceptions::ResourceNotFound
Chef::Log.warn "could not find template /tmp/foo.rb to modify"
end
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code-later commented Apr 2, 2013

Thanks for this. You saved my day!

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tolland commented May 3, 2014

Thanks! did the trick.

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Liyaqat-M commented Jan 25, 2018

How do you send variables to the overridden template?

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