OhaiAttributeToString

All Cookstyle Cops


The department is: Chef/RedundantCode

The full name of the cop is: Chef/RedundantCode/OhaiAttributeToString


Enabled by default Supports autocorrection Target Chef Version
Enabled Yes All Versions

Many Ohai node attributes are already strings and don’t need to be cast to strings again

Examples

incorrect

node['platform'].to_s
node['platform_family'].to_s
node['platform_version'].to_s
node['fqdn'].to_s
node['hostname'].to_s
node['os'].to_s
node['name'].to_s

correct

node['platform']
node['platform_family']
node['platform_version']
node['fqdn']
node['hostname']
node['os']
node['name']

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values
Version Added 6.10.0 String
Exclude
  • **/metadata.rb
  • **/Berksfile
Array

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