{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/3982","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/3982/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/3982/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/3982/events","html_url":"https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3982","id":108684970,"number":3982,"title":"node.force_override not setting the attributes correctly","user":{"login":"jmauro","id":1178356,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1178356?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro","html_url":"https://github.com/jmauro","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-09-28T15:36:08Z","updated_at":"2015-09-28T23:38:08Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hi everyone,\r\n\r\nI have the following code into a cookbook attribute file:\r\n```\r\nforce_override[:location][:datacenter] = datacenter\r\nforce_override[:location][:country]    = country\r\nforce_override[:location][:continent]  = continent\r\n```\r\nThis was working with chef 11.18.4\r\nSince we have upgraded to chef 12.4.1, this doesn't work anymore we have to first initialize the namespace to set the attribute right:\r\n```\r\ndefault[:location] = {}\r\nforce_override[:location][:datacenter] = datacenter\r\nforce_override[:location][:country]    = country\r\nforce_override[:location][:continent]  = continent\r\n```\r\nIs that a bug or a wanted feature?\r\n\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\nJM\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/comments/143902417","html_url":"https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3982#issuecomment-143902417","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/3982","id":143902417,"user":{"login":"jmauro","id":1178356,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1178356?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro","html_url":"https://github.com/jmauro","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmauro/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-28T23:38:08Z","updated_at":"2015-09-28T23:38:08Z","body":"Ok I have forgotten to say that I am calling those attribute into another\ncookbook attribute file which has the originale cookbook as a dependency,\ndon't know if that changes anything...\n\nI will try to add more context tomorrow if I can.\nLe 29 sept. 2015 01:29, \"Lamont Granquist\" <notifications@github.com> a\nécrit :\n\n> Wouldn't be surprised if this is just fixed by #3721\n> <https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/3721>\n>\n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3982#issuecomment-143901125>.\n>\n"}}