A memorial for Ezra Zygmuntowicz

Adding the --ez switch to Chef Solo, to memorialize Ezra. He was the
father of Chef Solo, and without his early advocacy and evangelism,
there would be no Chef today.

Rest in peace, Ez.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/application/solo.rb b/lib/chef/application/solo.rb
index c99170f437..6e568ddbb1 100644
--- a/lib/chef/application/solo.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/application/solo.rb
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ class Chef::Application::Solo < Chef::Application
     :description  => 'Enable whyrun mode',
     :boolean      => true
 
+  option :ez,
+    :long         => '--ez',
+    :description  => 'A memorial for Ezra Zygmuntowicz',
+    :boolean      => true
+
   option :environment,
     :short        => '-E ENVIRONMENT',
     :long         => '--environment ENVIRONMENT',
@@ -213,6 +218,7 @@ class Chef::Application::Solo < Chef::Application
   end
 
   def run_application
+    for_ezra if Chef::Config[:ez]
     if !Chef::Config[:client_fork] || Chef::Config[:once]
       # Run immediately without interval sleep or splay
       begin
@@ -227,7 +233,19 @@ class Chef::Application::Solo < Chef::Application
     end
   end
 
+
   private
+
+  def for_ezra
+    puts <<-EOH
+For Ezra Zygmuntowicz:
+  The man who brought you Chef Solo
+  Early contributor to Chef
+  Kind hearted open source advocate
+  Rest in peace, Ezra.
+EOH
+  end
+
   def interval_run_chef_client
     if Chef::Config[:daemonize]
       Chef::Daemon.daemonize("chef-client")
diff --git a/lib/chef/config.rb b/lib/chef/config.rb
index c3fd939628..4b83a0eca3 100644
--- a/lib/chef/config.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/config.rb
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ class Chef
     default :why_run, false
     default :color, false
     default :client_fork, true
+    default :ez, false
     default :enable_reporting, true
     default :enable_reporting_url_fatals, false