Merge pull request #2749 from opscode/jdm/metadata-error-info

Provide more info when cookbook metadata is not found

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/exceptions.rb b/lib/chef/exceptions.rb
index 3b4ed15443..5ef51d5381 100644
--- a/lib/chef/exceptions.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/exceptions.rb
@@ -150,8 +150,12 @@ class Chef
 
     class MetadataNotValid < StandardError; end
     class MetadataNotFound < StandardError
-      def initialize
-        super "No metadata.rb or metadata.json!"
+      attr_reader :install_path
+      attr_reader :cookbook_name
+      def initialize(install_path, cookbook_name)
+        @install_path = install_path
+        @cookbook_name = cookbook_name
+        super "No metadata.rb or metadata.json found for cookbook #{@cookbook_name} in #{@install_path}"
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_site_install.rb b/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_site_install.rb
index edf8dd14f0..d0ab6da3ef 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_site_install.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/cookbook_site_install.rb
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class Chef
           return md
         end
 
-        raise Chef::Exceptions::MetadataNotFound
+        raise Chef::Exceptions::MetadataNotFound.new(@install_path, @cookbook_name)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/unit/knife/cookbook_site_install_spec.rb b/spec/unit/knife/cookbook_site_install_spec.rb
index b3eef32b39..07b268bb64 100644
--- a/spec/unit/knife/cookbook_site_install_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/knife/cookbook_site_install_spec.rb
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ describe Chef::Knife::CookbookSiteInstall do
     end
 
     it "rasies an error if it finds no metadata file" do
-      expect { knife.preferred_metadata }.to raise_error(Chef::Exceptions::MetadataNotFound)
+      expect { knife.preferred_metadata }.to raise_error { |error|
+        expect(error).to be_a(Chef::Exceptions::MetadataNotFound)
+        expect(error.cookbook_name).to eq("post-punk-kitchen")
+        expect(error.install_path).to eq(install_path)
+      }
     end
 
   end