RecipeMetadata

The department is: RecipeMetadata

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

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

The recipe metadata.rb method is not used and is unnecessary in cookbooks. Recipes should be documented in the cookbook’s README.md file instead.

Examples

recipe 'openldap::default', 'Install and configure OpenLDAP'

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	5.6.0	String
Include	`**/metadata.rb`	Array

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