NegatingOnlyIf

The department is: NegatingOnlyIf

The full name of the cop is: Chef/Style/NegatingOnlyIf

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

Instead of using only_if conditionals with ! to negate the returned value, use not_if which is easier to read

Examples

package 'legacy-sysv-deps' do
  only_if { !systemd }
end

package 'legacy-sysv-deps' do
  not_if { systemd }
end

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	6.2.0	String
Include		Array

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