{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opscode/chef/issues/1626","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opscode/chef/issues/1626/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opscode/chef/issues/1626/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opscode/chef/issues/1626/events","html_url":"https://github.com/opscode/chef/issues/1626","id":37506920,"number":1626,"title":"knife upload no longer uploads without metadata.rb but does not support metadata.json","user":{"login":"poliva83","id":3772510,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3772510?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83","html_url":"https://github.com/poliva83","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/poliva83/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opscode/chef/labels/Bug","name":"Bug","color":"e11d21"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opscode/chef/labels/Dev+Tools","name":"Dev Tools","color":"c7def8"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2014-07-09T20:49:21Z","updated_at":"2015-01-13T18:39:10Z","closed_at":null,"body":"In chef version Chef: 11.12.4 `knife upload -a` did in fact allow cookbooks to be pushed without a metadata.rb. However In version Chef: 11.14.0.alpha.1, the validation is stricter and rejects upload as it does not recognize target as a valid cookbook.\r\n\r\nIf this restriction is necessary then I think metadata.json should be supported and maybe even preferred over metadata.rb if both present. \r\n\r\nInitially logged bug https://github.com/berkshelf/berkshelf/issues/1253 but it was suggested its more of a chef/knife bug\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opscode/chef/issues/comments/69795078","html_url":"https://github.com/opscode/chef/issues/1626#issuecomment-69795078","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opscode/chef/issues/1626","id":69795078,"user":{"login":"pburkholder","id":1211146,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1211146?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder","html_url":"https://github.com/pburkholder","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pburkholder/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-13T18:39:10Z","updated_at":"2015-01-13T18:39:10Z","body":"@lamont-granquist @charlesjohnson Pinging the chef community and chef product people on this one. Any update here?"}}