Update apply.rb

File.exist? throws an exception if file_name is nil instead of "". 

Use .to_s to normalise file_name to a string rather than have an explicit nil check.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/application/apply.rb b/lib/chef/application/apply.rb
index ab35b35389..f2dd2cb586 100644
--- a/lib/chef/application/apply.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/application/apply.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Chef::Application::Apply < Chef::Application
   end
 
   def read_recipe_file(file_name)
-    recipe_path = file_name
+    recipe_path = file_name.to_s
     unless File.exist?(recipe_path)
       Chef::Application.fatal!("No file exists at #{recipe_path}", 1)
     end