Convert Chef Zero helpers to instance methods

* Prefer instance methods to class methods for Chef Zero helpers.
  RSpec's design and feature set heavily favors using instance methods
  for test setup. This change will allow us to use let bindings and more
  naturally move common setup to shared contexts.
* Temporarily copy ChefZero's RSpec features in-repo. master of Chef
  Zero is currently broken for unit testing. Copy the changes here for
  now so we can make progress.
* Automatically generate a metadata file when using the "cookbook"
  helper function. This will be needed for a subsequent change that
  makes `name' required in metadata.

20 files changed, 1434 insertions, 927 deletions

diff --git a/spec/integration/client/client_spec.rb b/spec/integration/client/client_spec.rb
index 8d6f0f03e1..f0d978c516 100644
--- a/spec/integration/client/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/client/client_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'support/shared/integration/integration_helper'
 require 'chef/mixin/shell_out'
 
 describe "chef-client" do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include Chef::Mixin::ShellOut
 
   let(:chef_dir) { File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "..", "bin") }
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe "chef-client" do
   let(:chef_client) { "ruby #{chef_dir}/chef-client" }
 
   when_the_repository "has a cookbook with a no-op recipe" do
-    file 'cookbooks/x/recipes/default.rb', ''
+    before { file 'cookbooks/x/recipes/default.rb', '' }
 
     it "should complete with success" do
       file 'config/client.rb', <<EOM
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context 'and a config file under .chef/knife.rb' do
-      file '.chef/knife.rb', 'xxx.xxx'
+      before { file '.chef/knife.rb', 'xxx.xxx' }
 
       it 'should load .chef/knife.rb when -z is specified' do
         result = shell_out("#{chef_client} -z -o 'x::default' --config-file-jail \"#{path_to('')}\"", :cwd => path_to(''))
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context 'and a private key' do
-      file 'mykey.pem', <<EOM
+      before do
+        file 'mykey.pem', <<EOM
 -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
 MIIEogIBAAKCAQEApubutqtYYQ5UiA9QhWP7UvSmsfHsAoPKEVVPdVW/e8Svwpyf
 0Xef6OFWVmBE+W442ZjLOe2y6p2nSnaq4y7dg99NFz6X+16mcKiCbj0RCiGqCvCk
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ syHLXYFNy0OxMtH/bBAXBGNHd9gf5uOnqh0pYcbe/uRAxumC7Rl0cL509eURiA2T
 +vFmf54y9YdnLXaqv+FhJT6B6V7WX7IpU9BMqJY1cJYXHuHG2KA=
 -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
 EOM
+      end
 
       it "should complete with success even with a client key" do
         file 'config/client.rb', <<EOM
diff --git a/spec/integration/client/ipv6_spec.rb b/spec/integration/client/ipv6_spec.rb
index bb4889b0fa..5e3f7cfb0b 100644
--- a/spec/integration/client/ipv6_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/client/ipv6_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require 'support/shared/integration/integration_helper'
 require 'chef/mixin/shell_out'
 
 describe "chef-client" do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include Chef::Mixin::ShellOut
 
   let(:chef_zero_opts) { {:host => "::1"} }
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ END_CLIENT_RB
   when_the_chef_server "is running on IPv6", :not_supported_on_solaris do
 
     when_the_repository "has a cookbook with a no-op recipe" do
-      cookbook 'noop', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }, "recipes" => {"default.rb" => "#raise 'foo'"}
       before do
+        cookbook 'noop', '1.0.0', { }, "recipes" => {"default.rb" => "#raise 'foo'"}
         file 'config/client.rb', client_rb_content
         file 'config/validator.pem', validation_pem
       end
@@ -102,21 +102,23 @@ END_CLIENT_RB
 
     when_the_repository "has a cookbook that hits server APIs" do
 
-      recipe=<<-END_RECIPE
-        actual_item = data_bag_item("expect_bag", "expect_item")
-        if actual_item.key?("expect_key") and actual_item["expect_key"] == "expect_value"
-          Chef::Log.info "lookin good"
-        else
-          Chef::Log.error("!" * 80)
-          raise "unexpected data bag item content \#{actual_item.inspect}"
-          Chef::Log.error("!" * 80)
-        end
+      before do
+        recipe=<<-END_RECIPE
+          actual_item = data_bag_item("expect_bag", "expect_item")
+          if actual_item.key?("expect_key") and actual_item["expect_key"] == "expect_value"
+            Chef::Log.info "lookin good"
+          else
+            Chef::Log.error("!" * 80)
+            raise "unexpected data bag item content \#{actual_item.inspect}"
+            Chef::Log.error("!" * 80)
+          end
 
-      END_RECIPE
+        END_RECIPE
 
-      data_bag('expect_bag', { 'expect_item' => {"expect_key" => "expect_value"} })
+        data_bag('expect_bag', { 'expect_item' => {"expect_key" => "expect_value"} })
 
-      cookbook 'api-smoke-test', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }, "recipes" => {"default.rb" => recipe}
+        cookbook 'api-smoke-test', '1.0.0', { }, "recipes" => {"default.rb" => recipe}
+      end
 
       before do
         file 'config/client.rb', client_rb_content
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/chef_fs_data_store_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/chef_fs_data_store_spec.rb
index 7e55aa7319..da1c72bd0c 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/chef_fs_data_store_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/chef_fs_data_store_spec.rb
@@ -23,17 +23,19 @@ require 'chef/knife/raw'
 require 'chef/knife/cookbook_upload'
 
 describe 'ChefFSDataStore tests' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   when_the_repository "has one of each thing" do
-    file 'clients/x.json', {}
-    file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-    file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-    file 'environments/x.json', {}
-    file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-    file 'roles/x.json', {}
-    file 'users/x.json', {}
+    before do
+      file 'clients/x.json', {}
+      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+      file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+      file 'environments/x.json', {}
+      file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+      file 'roles/x.json', {}
+      file 'users/x.json', {}
+    end
 
     context 'GET /TYPE' do
       it 'knife list -z -R returns everything' do
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ EOM
 
     context 'GET /TYPE/NAME' do
       it 'knife show -z /clients/x.json works' do
-        knife('show -z /clients/x.json').should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife('show -z /clients/x.json').should_succeed( /"x"/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife show -z /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb works' do
@@ -110,33 +112,35 @@ EOM
       end
 
       it 'knife show -z /data_bags/x/y.json works' do
-        knife('show -z /data_bags/x/y.json').should_succeed /"y"/
+        knife('show -z /data_bags/x/y.json').should_succeed( /"y"/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife show -z /environments/x.json works' do
-        knife('show -z /environments/x.json').should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife('show -z /environments/x.json').should_succeed( /"x"/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife show -z /nodes/x.json works' do
-        knife('show -z /nodes/x.json').should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife('show -z /nodes/x.json').should_succeed( /"x"/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife show -z /roles/x.json works' do
-        knife('show -z /roles/x.json').should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife('show -z /roles/x.json').should_succeed( /"x"/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife show -z /users/x.json works' do
-        knife('show -z /users/x.json').should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife('show -z /users/x.json').should_succeed( /"x"/ )
       end
     end
 
     context 'PUT /TYPE/NAME' do
-      file 'empty.json', {}
-      file 'rolestuff.json', '{"description":"hi there","name":"x"}'
-      file 'cookbooks_to_upload/x/metadata.rb', "version '1.0.0'\n\n"
+      before do
+        file 'empty.json', {}
+        file 'rolestuff.json', '{"description":"hi there","name":"x"}'
+        file 'cookbooks_to_upload/x/metadata.rb', "version '1.0.0'\n\n"
+      end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /clients/x' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /clients/x").should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /clients/x").should_succeed( /"x"/ )
         knife('list --local /clients').should_succeed "/clients/x.json\n"
       end
 
@@ -149,32 +153,32 @@ EOM
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /data/x/y' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /data/x/y").should_succeed /"y"/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /data/x/y").should_succeed( /"y"/ )
         knife('list --local -Rfp /data_bags').should_succeed "/data_bags/x/\n/data_bags/x/y.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /environments/x' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /environments/x").should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /environments/x").should_succeed( /"x"/ )
         knife('list --local /environments').should_succeed "/environments/x.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /nodes/x' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /nodes/x").should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /nodes/x").should_succeed( /"x"/ )
         knife('list --local /nodes').should_succeed "/nodes/x.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /roles/x' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /roles/x").should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /roles/x").should_succeed( /"x"/ )
         knife('list --local /roles').should_succeed "/roles/x.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /users/x' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /users/x").should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /users/x").should_succeed( /"x"/ )
         knife('list --local /users').should_succeed "/users/x.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'After knife raw -z -i rolestuff.json -m PUT /roles/x, the output is pretty', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('rolestuff.json')} -m PUT /roles/x").should_succeed /"x"/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('rolestuff.json')} -m PUT /roles/x").should_succeed( /"x"/ )
         IO.read(path_to('roles/x.json')).should == <<EOM.strip
 {
   "name": "x",
@@ -187,14 +191,16 @@ EOM
 
   when_the_repository 'is empty' do
     context 'POST /TYPE/NAME' do
-      file 'empty.json', { 'name' => 'z' }
-      file 'empty_x.json', { 'name' => 'x' }
-      file 'empty_id.json', { 'id' => 'z' }
-      file 'rolestuff.json', '{"description":"hi there","name":"x"}'
-      file 'cookbooks_to_upload/z/metadata.rb', "version '1.0.0'"
+      before do
+        file 'empty.json', { 'name' => 'z' }
+        file 'empty_x.json', { 'name' => 'x' }
+        file 'empty_id.json', { 'id' => 'z' }
+        file 'rolestuff.json', '{"description":"hi there","name":"x"}'
+        file 'cookbooks_to_upload/z/metadata.rb', "version '1.0.0'"
+      end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m POST /clients' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /clients").should_succeed /uri/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /clients").should_succeed( /uri/ )
         knife('list --local /clients').should_succeed "/clients/z.json\n"
       end
 
@@ -207,38 +213,38 @@ EOM
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m POST /data' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /data").should_succeed /uri/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /data").should_succeed( /uri/ )
         knife('list --local -Rfp /data_bags').should_succeed "/data_bags/z/\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m POST /data/x' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty_x.json')} -m POST /data").should_succeed /uri/
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty_id.json')} -m POST /data/x").should_succeed /"z"/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty_x.json')} -m POST /data").should_succeed( /uri/ )
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty_id.json')} -m POST /data/x").should_succeed( /"z"/ )
         knife('list --local -Rfp /data_bags').should_succeed "/data_bags/x/\n/data_bags/x/z.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m POST /environments' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /environments").should_succeed /uri/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /environments").should_succeed( /uri/ )
         knife('list --local /environments').should_succeed "/environments/z.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m POST /nodes' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /nodes").should_succeed /uri/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /nodes").should_succeed( /uri/ )
         knife('list --local /nodes').should_succeed "/nodes/z.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m POST /roles' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /roles").should_succeed /uri/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /roles").should_succeed( /uri/ )
         knife('list --local /roles').should_succeed "/roles/z.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m POST /users' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /users").should_succeed /uri/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m POST /users").should_succeed( /uri/ )
         knife('list --local /users').should_succeed "/users/z.json\n"
       end
 
       it 'After knife raw -z -i rolestuff.json -m POST /roles, the output is pretty', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('rolestuff.json')} -m POST /roles").should_succeed /uri/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('rolestuff.json')} -m POST /roles").should_succeed( /uri/ )
         IO.read(path_to('roles/x.json')).should == <<EOM.strip
 {
   "name": "x",
@@ -325,30 +331,32 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context 'PUT /TYPE/NAME' do
-      file 'empty.json', {}
+      before do
+        file 'empty.json', {}
+      end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /clients/x fails with 404' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /clients/x").should_fail /404/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /clients/x").should_fail( /404/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /data/x/y fails with 404' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /data/x/y").should_fail /404/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /data/x/y").should_fail( /404/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /environments/x fails with 404' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /environments/x").should_fail /404/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /environments/x").should_fail( /404/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /nodes/x fails with 404' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /nodes/x").should_fail /404/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /nodes/x").should_fail( /404/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /roles/x fails with 404' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /roles/x").should_fail /404/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /roles/x").should_fail( /404/ )
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z -i empty.json -m PUT /users/x fails with 404' do
-        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /users/x").should_fail /404/
+        knife("raw -z -i #{path_to('empty.json')} -m PUT /users/x").should_fail( /404/ )
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/chef_repo_path_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/chef_repo_path_spec.rb
index 72d2ffbf75..90455ed374 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/chef_repo_path_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/chef_repo_path_spec.rb
@@ -21,36 +21,38 @@ require 'chef/knife/list'
 require 'chef/knife/show'
 
 describe 'chef_repo_path tests' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   # TODO alternate repo_path / *_path
   context 'alternate *_path' do
     when_the_repository 'has clients and clients2, cookbooks and cookbooks2, etc.' do
-      file 'clients/client1.json', {}
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/metadata.rb', ''
-      file 'data_bags/bag/item.json', {}
-      file 'environments/env1.json', {}
-      file 'nodes/node1.json', {}
-      file 'roles/role1.json', {}
-      file 'users/user1.json', {}
-
-      file 'clients2/client2.json', {}
-      file 'cookbooks2/cookbook2/metadata.rb', ''
-      file 'data_bags2/bag2/item2.json', {}
-      file 'environments2/env2.json', {}
-      file 'nodes2/node2.json', {}
-      file 'roles2/role2.json', {}
-      file 'users2/user2.json', {}
-
-      directory 'chef_repo2' do
-        file 'clients/client3.json', {}
-        file 'cookbooks/cookbook3/metadata.rb', ''
-        file 'data_bags/bag3/item3.json', {}
-        file 'environments/env3.json', {}
-        file 'nodes/node3.json', {}
-        file 'roles/role3.json', {}
-        file 'users/user3.json', {}
+      before do
+        file 'clients/client1.json', {}
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/metadata.rb', ''
+        file 'data_bags/bag/item.json', {}
+        file 'environments/env1.json', {}
+        file 'nodes/node1.json', {}
+        file 'roles/role1.json', {}
+        file 'users/user1.json', {}
+
+        file 'clients2/client2.json', {}
+        file 'cookbooks2/cookbook2/metadata.rb', ''
+        file 'data_bags2/bag2/item2.json', {}
+        file 'environments2/env2.json', {}
+        file 'nodes2/node2.json', {}
+        file 'roles2/role2.json', {}
+        file 'users2/user2.json', {}
+
+        directory 'chef_repo2' do
+          file 'clients/client3.json', {}
+          file 'cookbooks/cookbook3/metadata.rb', ''
+          file 'data_bags/bag3/item3.json', {}
+          file 'environments/env3.json', {}
+          file 'nodes/node3.json', {}
+          file 'roles/role3.json', {}
+          file 'users/user3.json', {}
+        end
       end
 
       it 'knife list --local -Rfp --chef-repo-path chef_repo2 / grabs chef_repo2 stuff' do
@@ -105,21 +107,21 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is at the top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside data_bags2' do
-          cwd 'data_bags2'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag2/
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is at the top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -188,21 +190,21 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2' }
           it 'knife list -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside data_bags2' do
-          cwd 'data_bags2'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag2/
@@ -221,21 +223,21 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is at the top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2/data_bags' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag3/
@@ -281,20 +283,25 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when there is a directory in clients1 and file in clients2 with the same name' do
-          directory 'clients/blah.json'
-          file 'clients2/blah.json', {}
+          before do
+            directory 'clients/blah.json'
+            file 'clients2/blah.json', {}
+          end
           it 'knife show /clients/blah.json succeeds' do
             knife('show --local /clients/blah.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /clients/blah.json:
 {
+
 }
 EOM
           end
         end
 
         context 'when there is a file in cookbooks1 and directory in cookbooks2 with the same name' do
-          file 'cookbooks/blah', ''
-          file 'cookbooks2/blah/metadata.rb', ''
+          before do
+            file 'cookbooks/blah', ''
+            file 'cookbooks2/blah/metadata.rb', ''
+          end
           it 'knife list -Rfp cookbooks shows files in blah' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
 /cookbooks/blah/
@@ -308,8 +315,10 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when there is an empty directory in cookbooks1 and a real cookbook in cookbooks2 with the same name' do
-          directory 'cookbooks/blah'
-          file 'cookbooks2/blah/metadata.rb', ''
+          before do
+            directory 'cookbooks/blah'
+            file 'cookbooks2/blah/metadata.rb', ''
+          end
           it 'knife list -Rfp cookbooks shows files in blah' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp /cookbooks').should_succeed(<<EOM, :stderr => "WARN: Cookbook 'blah' is empty or entirely chefignored at #{Chef::Config.cookbook_path[0]}/blah\n")
 /cookbooks/blah/
@@ -323,8 +332,10 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when there is a cookbook in cookbooks1 and a cookbook in cookbooks2 with the same name' do
-          file 'cookbooks/blah/metadata.json', {}
-          file 'cookbooks2/blah/metadata.rb', ''
+          before do
+            file 'cookbooks/blah/metadata.json', {}
+            file 'cookbooks2/blah/metadata.rb', ''
+          end
           it 'knife list -Rfp cookbooks shows files in the first cookbook and not the second' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp /cookbooks').should_succeed(<<EOM, :stderr => "WARN: Child with name 'blah' found in multiple directories: #{Chef::Config.cookbook_path[0]}/blah and #{Chef::Config.cookbook_path[1]}/blah\n")
 /cookbooks/blah/
@@ -338,8 +349,10 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when there is a file in data_bags1 and a directory in data_bags2 with the same name' do
-          file 'data_bags/blah', ''
-          file 'data_bags2/blah/item.json', ''
+          before do
+            file 'data_bags/blah', ''
+            file 'data_bags2/blah/item.json', ''
+          end
           it 'knife list -Rfp data_bags shows files in blah' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp /data_bags').should_succeed <<EOM
 /data_bags/bag/
@@ -353,8 +366,10 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when there is a data bag in data_bags1 and a data bag in data_bags2 with the same name' do
-          file 'data_bags/blah/item1.json', ''
-          file 'data_bags2/blah/item2.json', ''
+          before do
+            file 'data_bags/blah/item1.json', ''
+            file 'data_bags2/blah/item2.json', ''
+          end
           it 'knife list -Rfp data_bags shows only items in data_bags1' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp /data_bags').should_succeed(<<EOM, :stderr => "WARN: Child with name 'blah' found in multiple directories: #{Chef::Config.data_bag_path[0]}/blah and #{Chef::Config.data_bag_path[1]}/blah\n")
 /data_bags/bag/
@@ -368,62 +383,74 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when there is a directory in environments1 and file in environments2 with the same name' do
-          directory 'environments/blah.json'
-          file 'environments2/blah.json', {}
+          before do
+            directory 'environments/blah.json'
+            file 'environments2/blah.json', {}
+          end
           it 'knife show /environments/blah.json succeeds' do
             knife('show --local /environments/blah.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /environments/blah.json:
 {
+
 }
 EOM
           end
         end
 
         context 'when there is a directory in nodes1 and file in nodes2 with the same name' do
-          directory 'nodes/blah.json'
-          file 'nodes2/blah.json', {}
+          before do
+            directory 'nodes/blah.json'
+            file 'nodes2/blah.json', {}
+          end
           it 'knife show /nodes/blah.json succeeds' do
             knife('show --local /nodes/blah.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /nodes/blah.json:
 {
+
 }
 EOM
           end
         end
 
         context 'when there is a directory in roles1 and file in roles2 with the same name' do
-          directory 'roles/blah.json'
-          file 'roles2/blah.json', {}
+          before do
+            directory 'roles/blah.json'
+            file 'roles2/blah.json', {}
+          end
           it 'knife show /roles/blah.json succeeds' do
             knife('show --local /roles/blah.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/blah.json:
 {
+
 }
 EOM
           end
         end
 
         context 'when there is a directory in users1 and file in users2 with the same name' do
-          directory 'users/blah.json'
-          file 'users2/blah.json', {}
+          before do
+            directory 'users/blah.json'
+            file 'users2/blah.json', {}
+          end
           it 'knife show /users/blah.json succeeds' do
             knife('show --local /users/blah.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /users/blah.json:
 {
+
 }
 EOM
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is at the top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag/
@@ -435,7 +462,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -468,7 +495,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside data_bags2' do
-          cwd 'data_bags2'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag/
@@ -492,7 +519,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is at the top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -525,7 +552,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag/
@@ -537,7 +564,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -570,7 +597,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2/data_bags' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag/
@@ -592,21 +619,21 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is at the top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -630,7 +657,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2/data_bags' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag3/
@@ -653,7 +680,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is at the top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -686,7 +713,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag/
@@ -698,7 +725,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -731,7 +758,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2/data_bags' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag/
@@ -753,14 +780,14 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is at the top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag/
@@ -770,7 +797,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists everything' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 clients/
@@ -794,7 +821,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside chef_repo2/data_bags' do
-          cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'chef_repo2/data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp fails' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_fail("ERROR: Attempt to use relative path '' when current directory is outside the repository path\n")
           end
@@ -828,7 +855,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is inside the data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before { cwd 'data_bags' }
           it 'knife list --local -Rfp lists data bags' do
             knife('list --local -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
 bag/
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/chef_repository_file_system_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/chef_repository_file_system_spec.rb
index 68ca5f89f4..ff86924e22 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/chef_repository_file_system_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/chef_repository_file_system_spec.rb
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ require 'chef/knife/list'
 require 'chef/knife/show'
 
 describe 'General chef_repo file system checks' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   context 'directories and files that should/should not be ignored' do
     when_the_repository "has empty roles, environments and data bag item directories" do
-      directory "roles"
-      directory "environments"
-      directory "data_bags/bag1"
+      before do
+        directory "roles"
+        directory "environments"
+        directory "data_bags/bag1"
+      end
 
       it "knife list --local -Rfp / returns them" do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has an empty data_bags directory" do
-      directory "data_bags"
+      before { directory "data_bags" }
 
       it "knife list --local / returns it" do
         knife('list --local /').should_succeed "/data_bags\n"
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has an empty cookbook directory" do
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1'
+      before { directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1' }
 
       it "knife list --local -Rfp / does not return it" do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed(<<EOM, :stderr => "WARN: Cookbook 'cookbook1' is empty or entirely chefignored at #{Chef::Config.chef_repo_path}/cookbooks/cookbook1\n")
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has only empty cookbook subdirectories" do
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/recipes'
+      before { directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/recipes' }
 
       it "knife list --local -Rfp / does not return it" do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed(<<EOM, :stderr => "WARN: Cookbook 'cookbook1' is empty or entirely chefignored at #{Chef::Config.chef_repo_path}/cookbooks/cookbook1\n")
@@ -68,8 +70,10 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has empty and non-empty cookbook subdirectories" do
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/recipes'
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default/x.txt', ''
+      before do
+        directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/recipes'
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default/x.txt', ''
+      end
 
       it "knife list --local -Rfp / does not return the empty ones" do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has only empty cookbook sub-sub-directories" do
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default'
+      before { directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default' }
 
       it "knife list --local -Rfp / does not return it" do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed(<<EOM, :stderr => "WARN: Cookbook 'cookbook1' is empty or entirely chefignored at #{Chef::Config.chef_repo_path}/cookbooks/cookbook1\n")
@@ -93,9 +97,11 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has empty cookbook sub-sub-directories alongside non-empty ones" do
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default/x.txt', ''
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/rhel'
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/files/default'
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default/x.txt', ''
+        directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/rhel'
+        directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1/files/default'
+      end
 
       it "knife list --local -Rfp / does not return the empty ones" do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -109,8 +115,10 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has an extra schmenvironments directory" do
-      directory "schmenvironments" do
-        file "_default.json", {}
+      before do
+        directory "schmenvironments" do
+          file "_default.json", {}
+        end
       end
 
       it "knife list --local -Rfp / should NOT return it" do
@@ -119,20 +127,22 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has extra subdirectories and files under data bag items, roles, and environments" do
-      directory "data_bags/bag1" do
-        file "item1.json", {}
-        file "item2.xml", ""
-        file "another_subdir/item.json", {}
-      end
-      directory "roles" do
-        file "role1.json", {}
-        file "role2.xml", ""
-        file "subdir/role.json", {}
-      end
-      directory "environments" do
-        file "environment1.json", {}
-        file "environment2.xml", ""
-        file "subdir/environment.json", {}
+      before do
+        directory "data_bags/bag1" do
+          file "item1.json", {}
+          file "item2.xml", ""
+          file "another_subdir/item.json", {}
+        end
+        directory "roles" do
+          file "role1.json", {}
+          file "role2.xml", ""
+          file "subdir/role.json", {}
+        end
+        directory "environments" do
+          file "environment1.json", {}
+          file "environment2.xml", ""
+          file "subdir/environment.json", {}
+        end
       end
 
       it "knife list --local -Rfp / should NOT return them" do
@@ -149,56 +159,58 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has extraneous subdirectories and files under a cookbook" do
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1' do
-        file 'a.rb', ''
-        file 'blarghle/blah.rb', ''
-        directory 'attributes' do
-          file 'a.rb', ''
-          file 'b.json', {}
-          file 'c/d.rb', ''
-          file 'c/e.json', {}
-        end
-        directory 'definitions' do
-          file 'a.rb', ''
-          file 'b.json', {}
-          file 'c/d.rb', ''
-          file 'c/e.json', {}
-        end
-        directory 'recipes' do
+      before do
+        directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1' do
           file 'a.rb', ''
-          file 'b.json', {}
-          file 'c/d.rb', ''
-          file 'c/e.json', {}
-        end
-        directory 'libraries' do
-          file 'a.rb', ''
-          file 'b.json', {}
-          file 'c/d.rb', ''
-          file 'c/e.json', {}
-        end
-        directory 'templates' do
-          file 'a.rb', ''
-          file 'b.json', {}
-          file 'c/d.rb', ''
-          file 'c/e.json', {}
-        end
-        directory 'files' do
-          file 'a.rb', ''
-          file 'b.json', {}
-          file 'c/d.rb', ''
-          file 'c/e.json', {}
-        end
-        directory 'resources' do
-          file 'a.rb', ''
-          file 'b.json', {}
-          file 'c/d.rb', ''
-          file 'c/e.json', {}
-        end
-        directory 'providers' do
-          file 'a.rb', ''
-          file 'b.json', {}
-          file 'c/d.rb', ''
-          file 'c/e.json', {}
+          file 'blarghle/blah.rb', ''
+          directory 'attributes' do
+            file 'a.rb', ''
+            file 'b.json', {}
+            file 'c/d.rb', ''
+            file 'c/e.json', {}
+          end
+          directory 'definitions' do
+            file 'a.rb', ''
+            file 'b.json', {}
+            file 'c/d.rb', ''
+            file 'c/e.json', {}
+          end
+          directory 'recipes' do
+            file 'a.rb', ''
+            file 'b.json', {}
+            file 'c/d.rb', ''
+            file 'c/e.json', {}
+          end
+          directory 'libraries' do
+            file 'a.rb', ''
+            file 'b.json', {}
+            file 'c/d.rb', ''
+            file 'c/e.json', {}
+          end
+          directory 'templates' do
+            file 'a.rb', ''
+            file 'b.json', {}
+            file 'c/d.rb', ''
+            file 'c/e.json', {}
+          end
+          directory 'files' do
+            file 'a.rb', ''
+            file 'b.json', {}
+            file 'c/d.rb', ''
+            file 'c/e.json', {}
+          end
+          directory 'resources' do
+            file 'a.rb', ''
+            file 'b.json', {}
+            file 'c/d.rb', ''
+            file 'c/e.json', {}
+          end
+          directory 'providers' do
+            file 'a.rb', ''
+            file 'b.json', {}
+            file 'c/d.rb', ''
+            file 'c/e.json', {}
+          end
         end
       end
 
@@ -240,7 +252,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has a file in cookbooks/" do
-      file 'cookbooks/file', ''
+      before { file 'cookbooks/file', '' }
       it 'does not show up in list -Rfp' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
 /cookbooks/
@@ -249,7 +261,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has a file in data_bags/" do
-      file 'data_bags/file', ''
+      before { file 'data_bags/file', '' }
       it 'does not show up in list -Rfp' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
 /data_bags/
@@ -259,16 +271,20 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_repository 'has a cookbook starting with .' do
-    file 'cookbooks/.svn/metadata.rb', ''
-    file 'cookbooks/a.b/metadata.rb', ''
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks/.svn/metadata.rb', ''
+      file 'cookbooks/a.b/metadata.rb', ''
+    end
     it 'knife list does not show it' do
       knife('list --local -fp /cookbooks').should_succeed "/cookbooks/a.b/\n"
     end
   end
 
   when_the_repository 'has a data bag starting with .' do
-    file 'data_bags/.svn/x.json', {}
-    file 'data_bags/a.b/x.json', {}
+    before do
+      file 'data_bags/.svn/x.json', {}
+      file 'data_bags/a.b/x.json', {}
+    end
     it 'knife list does not show it' do
       knife('list --local -fp /data_bags').should_succeed "/data_bags/a.b/\n"
     end
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/chefignore_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/chefignore_spec.rb
index 4c3d2fa3aa..b09959b581 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/chefignore_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/chefignore_spec.rb
@@ -20,23 +20,27 @@ require 'chef/knife/list'
 require 'chef/knife/show'
 
 describe 'chefignore tests' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   when_the_repository "has lots of stuff in it" do
-    file 'roles/x.json', {}
-    file 'environments/x.json', {}
-    file 'data_bags/bag1/x.json', {}
-    file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/x.json', {}
+    before do
+      file 'roles/x.json', {}
+      file 'environments/x.json', {}
+      file 'data_bags/bag1/x.json', {}
+      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/x.json', {}
+    end
 
     context "and has a chefignore everywhere except cookbooks" do
-      chefignore = "x.json\nroles/x.json\nenvironments/x.json\ndata_bags/bag1/x.json\nbag1/x.json\ncookbooks/cookbook1/x.json\ncookbook1/x.json\n"
-      file 'chefignore', chefignore
-      file 'roles/chefignore', chefignore
-      file 'environments/chefignore', chefignore
-      file 'data_bags/chefignore', chefignore
-      file 'data_bags/bag1/chefignore', chefignore
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/chefignore', chefignore
+      before do
+        chefignore = "x.json\nroles/x.json\nenvironments/x.json\ndata_bags/bag1/x.json\nbag1/x.json\ncookbooks/cookbook1/x.json\ncookbook1/x.json\n"
+        file 'chefignore', chefignore
+        file 'roles/chefignore', chefignore
+        file 'environments/chefignore', chefignore
+        file 'data_bags/chefignore', chefignore
+        file 'data_bags/bag1/chefignore', chefignore
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/chefignore', chefignore
+      end
 
       it 'matching files and directories get ignored' do
         # NOTE: many of the "chefignore" files should probably not show up
@@ -58,9 +62,11 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_repository 'has a cookbook with only chefignored files' do
-    file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default/x.rb', ''
-    file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/libraries/x.rb', ''
-    file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "libraries/x.rb\ntemplates/default/x.rb\n"
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default/x.rb', ''
+      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/libraries/x.rb', ''
+      file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "libraries/x.rb\ntemplates/default/x.rb\n"
+    end
 
     it 'the cookbook is not listed' do
       knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed(<<EOM, :stderr => "WARN: Cookbook 'cookbook1' is empty or entirely chefignored at #{Chef::Config.chef_repo_path}/cookbooks/cookbook1\n")
@@ -70,13 +76,15 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_repository "has multiple cookbooks" do
-    file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/x.json', {}
-    file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/y.json', {}
-    file 'cookbooks/cookbook2/x.json', {}
-    file 'cookbooks/cookbook2/y.json', {}
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/x.json', {}
+      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/y.json', {}
+      file 'cookbooks/cookbook2/x.json', {}
+      file 'cookbooks/cookbook2/y.json', {}
+    end
 
     context 'and has a chefignore with filenames' do
-      file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "x.json\n"
+      before { file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "x.json\n" }
 
       it 'matching files and directories get ignored in all cookbooks' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -90,8 +98,10 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context "and has a chefignore with wildcards" do
-      file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "x.*\n"
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/x.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "x.*\n"
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/x.rb', ''
+      end
 
       it 'matching files and directories get ignored in all cookbooks' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -105,9 +115,11 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context "and has a chefignore with relative paths" do
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/recipes/x.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook2/recipes/y.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "recipes/x.rb\n"
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/recipes/x.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook2/recipes/y.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "recipes/x.rb\n"
+      end
 
       it 'matching directories get ignored' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -125,8 +137,10 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context "and has a chefignore with subdirectories" do
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/recipes/y.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "recipes\nrecipes/\n"
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/recipes/y.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "recipes\nrecipes/\n"
+      end
 
       it 'matching directories do NOT get ignored' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -144,9 +158,11 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context "and has a chefignore that ignores all files in a subdirectory" do
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default/x.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/libraries/x.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "libraries/x.rb\ntemplates/default/x.rb\n"
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/templates/default/x.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/cookbook1/libraries/x.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "libraries/x.rb\ntemplates/default/x.rb\n"
+      end
 
       it 'ignores the subdirectory entirely' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -162,7 +178,9 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context "and has an empty chefignore" do
-      file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "\n"
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "\n"
+      end
 
       it 'nothing is ignored' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -178,7 +196,9 @@ EOM
     end
 
     context "and has a chefignore with comments and empty lines" do
-      file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "\n\n # blah\n#\nx.json\n\n"
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/chefignore', "\n\n # blah\n#\nx.json\n\n"
+      end
 
       it 'matching files and directories get ignored in all cookbooks' do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -200,14 +220,18 @@ EOM
       ]
     end
 
-    file 'cookbooks1/mycookbook/metadata.rb', ''
-    file 'cookbooks1/mycookbook/x.json', {}
-    file 'cookbooks2/yourcookbook/metadata.rb', ''
-    file 'cookbooks2/yourcookbook/x.json', ''
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks1/mycookbook/metadata.rb', ''
+      file 'cookbooks1/mycookbook/x.json', {}
+      file 'cookbooks2/yourcookbook/metadata.rb', ''
+      file 'cookbooks2/yourcookbook/x.json', ''
+    end
 
     context "and multiple chefignores" do
-      file 'cookbooks1/chefignore', "metadata.rb\n"
-      file 'cookbooks2/chefignore', "x.json\n"
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks1/chefignore', "metadata.rb\n"
+        file 'cookbooks2/chefignore', "x.json\n"
+      end
       it "chefignores apply only to the directories they are in" do
         knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
 /cookbooks/
@@ -219,10 +243,12 @@ EOM
       end
 
       context "and conflicting cookbooks" do
-        file 'cookbooks1/yourcookbook/metadata.rb', ''
-        file 'cookbooks1/yourcookbook/x.json', ''
-        file 'cookbooks1/yourcookbook/onlyincookbooks1.rb', ''
-        file 'cookbooks2/yourcookbook/onlyincookbooks2.rb', ''
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks1/yourcookbook/metadata.rb', ''
+          file 'cookbooks1/yourcookbook/x.json', ''
+          file 'cookbooks1/yourcookbook/onlyincookbooks1.rb', ''
+          file 'cookbooks2/yourcookbook/onlyincookbooks2.rb', ''
+        end
 
         it "chefignores apply only to the winning cookbook" do
           knife('list --local -Rfp /').should_succeed(<<EOM, :stderr => "WARN: Child with name 'yourcookbook' found in multiple directories: #{Chef::Config.chef_repo_path}/cookbooks1/yourcookbook and #{Chef::Config.chef_repo_path}/cookbooks2/yourcookbook\n")
@@ -239,7 +265,9 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_repository 'has a cookbook named chefignore' do
-    file 'cookbooks/chefignore/metadata.rb', {}
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks/chefignore/metadata.rb', {}
+    end
     it 'knife list -Rfp /cookbooks shows it' do
       knife('list --local -Rfp /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
 /cookbooks/chefignore/
@@ -249,9 +277,11 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_repository 'has multiple cookbook paths, one with a chefignore file and the other with a cookbook named chefignore' do
-    file 'cookbooks1/chefignore', ''
-    file 'cookbooks1/blah/metadata.rb', ''
-    file 'cookbooks2/chefignore/metadata.rb', ''
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks1/chefignore', ''
+      file 'cookbooks1/blah/metadata.rb', ''
+      file 'cookbooks2/chefignore/metadata.rb', ''
+    end
     before :each do
       Chef::Config.cookbook_path = [
         File.join(Chef::Config.chef_repo_path, 'cookbooks1'),
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/common_options_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/common_options_spec.rb
index 9127edc6b5..7a48f14ad3 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/common_options_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/common_options_spec.rb
@@ -19,18 +19,11 @@ require 'support/shared/integration/integration_helper'
 require 'chef/knife/raw'
 
 describe 'knife common options' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   when_the_repository "has a node" do
-    file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-
-    before(:each) do
-      if ChefZero::RSpec.server
-        ChefZero::RSpec.server.stop
-        ChefZero::RSpec.server = nil
-      end
-    end
+    before { file 'nodes/x.json', {} }
 
     context 'When chef_zero.enabled is true' do
       before(:each) do
@@ -38,14 +31,14 @@ describe 'knife common options' do
       end
 
       it 'knife raw /nodes/x should retrieve the node' do
-        knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+        knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
       end
 
       context 'And chef_zero.port is 9999' do
         before(:each) { Chef::Config.chef_zero.port = 9999 }
 
         it 'knife raw /nodes/x should retrieve the node' do
-          knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+          knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
           Chef::Config.chef_server_url.should == 'http://localhost:9999'
         end
       end
@@ -55,12 +48,13 @@ describe 'knife common options' do
         before(:each) { Chef::Config.chef_zero.host = '0.0.0.0' }
 
         it 'knife raw /nodes/x should retrieve the role' do
-          knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+          knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
         end
       end
 
       context 'and there is a private key' do
-        file 'mykey.pem', <<EOM
+        before do
+          file 'mykey.pem', <<EOM
 -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
 MIIEogIBAAKCAQEApubutqtYYQ5UiA9QhWP7UvSmsfHsAoPKEVVPdVW/e8Svwpyf
 0Xef6OFWVmBE+W442ZjLOe2y6p2nSnaq4y7dg99NFz6X+16mcKiCbj0RCiGqCvCk
@@ -89,23 +83,24 @@ syHLXYFNy0OxMtH/bBAXBGNHd9gf5uOnqh0pYcbe/uRAxumC7Rl0cL509eURiA2T
 +vFmf54y9YdnLXaqv+FhJT6B6V7WX7IpU9BMqJY1cJYXHuHG2KA=
 -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
 EOM
+        end
 
         it 'knife raw /nodes/x should retrieve the node' do
-          knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+          knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
         end
       end
     end
 
     it 'knife raw -z /nodes/x retrieves the node' do
-      knife('raw -z /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+      knife('raw -z /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
     end
 
     it 'knife raw --local-mode /nodes/x retrieves the node' do
-      knife('raw --local-mode /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+      knife('raw --local-mode /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
     end
 
     it 'knife raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999 /nodes/x retrieves the node' do
-      knife('raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999 /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+      knife('raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999 /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
       Chef::Config.chef_server_url.should == 'http://localhost:9999'
     end
 
@@ -123,7 +118,7 @@ EOM
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z /nodes/x retrieves the node' do
-        knife('raw -z /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+        knife('raw -z /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
         expect(URI(Chef::Config.chef_server_url).port).to be > 8889
       end
     end
@@ -142,18 +137,18 @@ EOM
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999-20000 /nodes/x' do
-        knife('raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999-20000 /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+        knife('raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999-20000 /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
         expect(URI(Chef::Config.chef_server_url).port).to be > 9999
       end
 
       it 'knife raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999-9999,19423' do
-        knife('raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999-9999,19423 /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+        knife('raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999-9999,19423 /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
         expect(URI(Chef::Config.chef_server_url).port).to be == 19423
       end
     end
 
     it 'knife raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999 /nodes/x retrieves the node' do
-      knife('raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999 /nodes/x').should_succeed /"name": "x"/
+      knife('raw -z --chef-zero-port=9999 /nodes/x').should_succeed( /"name": "x"/ )
       Chef::Config.chef_server_url.should == 'http://localhost:9999'
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/cookbook_api_ipv6_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/cookbook_api_ipv6_spec.rb
index ad7d5e857f..ac2538dc38 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/cookbook_api_ipv6_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/cookbook_api_ipv6_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require 'support/shared/integration/integration_helper'
 require 'chef/mixin/shell_out'
 
 describe "Knife cookbook API integration with IPv6" do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include Chef::Mixin::ShellOut
 
   when_the_chef_server "is bound to IPv6" do
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ END_CLIENT_RB
           end
 
           it "downloads the cookbook" do
-            s = shell_out!("knife cookbook download apache2 #{knife_config_flag} -d #{cache_path}", :cwd => chef_dir)
+            shell_out!("knife cookbook download apache2 #{knife_config_flag} -d #{cache_path}", :cwd => chef_dir)
             Dir["#{cache_path}/*"].map {|entry| File.basename(entry)}.should include("apache2-0.0.0")
           end
         end
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/delete_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/delete_spec.rb
index 8d9b972ca4..efbfa1004b 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/delete_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/delete_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require 'chef/knife/list'
 require 'chef/knife/raw'
 
 describe 'knife delete' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   let :everything do
@@ -99,23 +99,27 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-    client 'x', '{}'
-    cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-    data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
-    environment 'x', '{}'
-    node 'x', '{}'
-    role 'x', '{}'
-    user 'x', '{}'
+    before do
+      client 'x', '{}'
+      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
+      environment 'x', '{}'
+      node 'x', '{}'
+      role 'x', '{}'
+      user 'x', '{}'
+    end
 
     when_the_repository 'also has one of each thing' do
-      file 'clients/x.json', {}
-      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', ''
-      file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-      file 'environments/_default.json', {}
-      file 'environments/x.json', {}
-      file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-      file 'roles/x.json', {}
-      file 'users/x.json', {}
+      before do
+        file 'clients/x.json', {}
+        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', ''
+        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+        file 'environments/_default.json', {}
+        file 'environments/x.json', {}
+        file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+        file 'roles/x.json', {}
+        file 'users/x.json', {}
+      end
 
       it 'knife delete --both /cookbooks/x fails' do
         knife('delete --both /cookbooks/x').should_fail <<EOM
@@ -216,8 +220,11 @@ EOM
 
       # TODO delete empty data bag (particularly different on local side)
       context 'with an empty data bag on both' do
-        data_bag 'empty', {}
-        directory 'data_bags/empty'
+        before do
+          data_bag 'empty', {}
+          directory 'data_bags/empty'
+        end
+
         it 'knife delete --both /data_bags/empty fails but deletes local version' do
           knife('delete --both /data_bags/empty').should_fail <<EOM
 ERROR: /data_bags/empty (remote) must be deleted recursively!  Pass -r to knife delete.
@@ -468,13 +475,15 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has only top-level directories' do
-      directory 'clients'
-      directory 'cookbooks'
-      directory 'data_bags'
-      directory 'environments'
-      directory 'nodes'
-      directory 'roles'
-      directory 'users'
+      before do
+        directory 'clients'
+        directory 'cookbooks'
+        directory 'data_bags'
+        directory 'environments'
+        directory 'nodes'
+        directory 'roles'
+        directory 'users'
+      end
 
       it 'knife delete --both /cookbooks/x fails' do
         knife('delete --both /cookbooks/x').should_fail "ERROR: /cookbooks/x (remote) must be deleted recursively!  Pass -r to knife delete.\n"
@@ -632,7 +641,7 @@ EOM
       end
 
       context 'and cwd is at the top level' do
-        cwd '.'
+        before { cwd '.' }
         it 'knife delete fails' do
           knife('delete').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to delete everything in this directory, type \"knife delete --recurse .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           knife('list -Rf /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -673,14 +682,16 @@ EOM
 
   when_the_chef_server 'is empty' do
     when_the_repository 'has one of each thing' do
-      file 'clients/x.json', {}
-      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', ''
-      file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-      file 'environments/_default.json', {}
-      file 'environments/x.json', {}
-      file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-      file 'roles/x.json', {}
-      file 'users/x.json', {}
+      before do
+        file 'clients/x.json', {}
+        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', ''
+        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+        file 'environments/_default.json', {}
+        file 'environments/x.json', {}
+        file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+        file 'roles/x.json', {}
+        file 'users/x.json', {}
+      end
 
       it 'knife delete --both /cookbooks/x fails' do
         knife('delete --both /cookbooks/x').should_fail "ERROR: /cookbooks/x (local) must be deleted recursively!  Pass -r to knife delete.\n"
@@ -843,7 +854,7 @@ EOM
       end
 
       context 'and cwd is at the top level' do
-        cwd '.'
+        before { cwd '.' }
         it 'knife delete fails' do
           knife('delete').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to delete everything in this directory, type \"knife delete --recurse .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           knife('list -Rf /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -884,12 +895,16 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-    file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-    file 'cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+      file 'cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+    end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook' do
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+      before do
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+      end
 
       # TODO this seems wrong
       it 'knife delete --both -r /cookbooks/x deletes the latest version on the server and the local version' do
@@ -900,8 +915,10 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook' do
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
-      cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+      before do
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
+        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+      end
 
       it 'knife delete --both /cookbooks/x deletes the latest version on the server and the local version' do
         knife('delete --both -r /cookbooks/x').should_succeed "Deleted /cookbooks/x\n"
@@ -911,7 +928,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+      before { cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' } }
 
       it 'knife delete --both /cookbooks/x deletes the server and client version of the cookbook' do
         knife('delete --both -r /cookbooks/x').should_succeed "Deleted /cookbooks/x\n"
@@ -921,7 +938,7 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-      cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+      before { cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' } }
 
       it 'knife delete --both /cookbooks/x deletes the server and client version of the cookbook' do
         knife('delete --both -r /cookbooks/x').should_succeed "Deleted /cookbooks/x\n"
@@ -933,11 +950,14 @@ EOM
 
   when_the_repository 'is empty' do
     when_the_chef_server 'has two versions of a cookbook' do
-      cookbook 'x', '2.0.11', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "2.0.11"' }
-      cookbook 'x', '11.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "11.0.0"' }
+      before do
+        cookbook 'x', '2.0.11'
+        cookbook 'x', '11.0.0'
+      end
+
       it 'knife delete deletes the latest version' do
         knife('delete --both -r /cookbooks/x').should_succeed "Deleted /cookbooks/x\n"
-        knife('raw /cookbooks/x').should_succeed /2.0.11/
+        knife('raw /cookbooks/x').should_succeed( /2.0.11/ )
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/deps_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/deps_spec.rb
index 7f434f844d..7ee6138739 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/deps_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/deps_spec.rb
@@ -20,24 +20,26 @@ require 'support/shared/context/config'
 require 'chef/knife/deps'
 
 describe 'knife deps' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   context 'local' do
     when_the_repository 'has a role with no run_list' do
-      file 'roles/starring.json', {}
+      before { file 'roles/starring.json', {} }
       it 'knife deps reports no dependencies' do
         knife('deps /roles/starring.json').should_succeed "/roles/starring.json\n"
       end
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a role with a default run_list' do
-      file 'roles/starring.json', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
-      file 'roles/minor.json', {}
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/soup/metadata.rb', 'name "soup"'
-      file 'cookbooks/soup/recipes/chicken.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'roles/starring.json', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
+        file 'roles/minor.json', {}
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/soup/metadata.rb', 'name "soup"'
+        file 'cookbooks/soup/recipes/chicken.rb', ''
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports all dependencies' do
         knife('deps /roles/starring.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/minor.json
@@ -49,12 +51,14 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a role with an env_run_list' do
-      file 'roles/starring.json', { 'env_run_lists' => { 'desert' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) } }
-      file 'roles/minor.json', {}
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/soup/metadata.rb', 'name "soup"'
-      file 'cookbooks/soup/recipes/chicken.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'roles/starring.json', { 'env_run_lists' => { 'desert' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) } }
+        file 'roles/minor.json', {}
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/soup/metadata.rb', 'name "soup"'
+        file 'cookbooks/soup/recipes/chicken.rb', ''
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports all dependencies' do
         knife('deps /roles/starring.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/minor.json
@@ -66,25 +70,29 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a node with no environment or run_list' do
-      file 'nodes/mort.json', {}
+      before { file 'nodes/mort.json', {} }
       it 'knife deps reports just the node' do
         knife('deps /nodes/mort.json').should_succeed "/nodes/mort.json\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_repository 'has a node with an environment' do
-      file 'environments/desert.json', {}
-      file 'nodes/mort.json', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert' }
+      before do
+        file 'environments/desert.json', {}
+        file 'nodes/mort.json', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert' }
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports just the node' do
         knife('deps /nodes/mort.json').should_succeed "/environments/desert.json\n/nodes/mort.json\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_repository 'has a node with roles and recipes in its run_list' do
-      file 'roles/minor.json', {}
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/soup/metadata.rb', 'name "soup"'
-      file 'cookbooks/soup/recipes/chicken.rb', ''
-      file 'nodes/mort.json', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
+      before do
+        file 'roles/minor.json', {}
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/soup/metadata.rb', 'name "soup"'
+        file 'cookbooks/soup/recipes/chicken.rb', ''
+        file 'nodes/mort.json', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports just the node' do
         knife('deps /nodes/mort.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/minor.json
@@ -95,42 +103,48 @@ EOM
       end
     end
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook with no dependencies' do
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports just the cookbook' do
         knife('deps /cookbooks/quiche').should_succeed "/cookbooks/quiche\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook with dependencies' do
-      file 'cookbooks/kettle/metadata.rb', 'name "kettle"'
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', "name 'quiche'\ndepends 'kettle'\n"
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/kettle/metadata.rb', 'name "kettle"'
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', "name 'quiche'\ndepends 'kettle'\n"
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports just the cookbook' do
         knife('deps /cookbooks/quiche').should_succeed "/cookbooks/kettle\n/cookbooks/quiche\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_repository 'has a data bag' do
-      file 'data_bags/bag/item.json', {}
+      before { file 'data_bags/bag/item.json', {} }
       it 'knife deps reports just the data bag' do
         knife('deps /data_bags/bag/item.json').should_succeed "/data_bags/bag/item.json\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_repository 'has an environment' do
-      file 'environments/desert.json', {}
+      before { file 'environments/desert.json', {} }
       it 'knife deps reports just the environment' do
         knife('deps /environments/desert.json').should_succeed "/environments/desert.json\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_repository 'has a deep dependency tree' do
-      file 'roles/starring.json', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
-      file 'roles/minor.json', {}
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
-      file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
-      file 'cookbooks/soup/metadata.rb', 'name "soup"'
-      file 'cookbooks/soup/recipes/chicken.rb', ''
-      file 'environments/desert.json', {}
-      file 'nodes/mort.json', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert', 'run_list' => [ 'role[starring]' ] }
-      file 'nodes/bart.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[minor]' ] }
+      before do
+        file 'roles/starring.json', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
+        file 'roles/minor.json', {}
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/metadata.rb', 'name "quiche"'
+        file 'cookbooks/quiche/recipes/default.rb', ''
+        file 'cookbooks/soup/metadata.rb', 'name "soup"'
+        file 'cookbooks/soup/recipes/chicken.rb', ''
+        file 'environments/desert.json', {}
+        file 'nodes/mort.json', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert', 'run_list' => [ 'role[starring]' ] }
+        file 'nodes/bart.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[minor]' ] }
+      end
 
       it 'knife deps reports all dependencies' do
         knife('deps /nodes/mort.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -189,10 +203,13 @@ EOM
 
     context 'circular dependencies' do
       when_the_repository 'has cookbooks with circular dependencies' do
-        file 'cookbooks/foo/metadata.rb', "name 'foo'\ndepends 'bar'\n"
-        file 'cookbooks/bar/metadata.rb', "name 'bar'\ndepends 'baz'\n"
-        file 'cookbooks/baz/metadata.rb', "name 'baz'\ndepends 'foo'\n"
-        file 'cookbooks/self/metadata.rb', "name 'self'\ndepends 'self'\n"
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/foo/metadata.rb', "name 'foo'\ndepends 'bar'\n"
+          file 'cookbooks/bar/metadata.rb', "name 'bar'\ndepends 'baz'\n"
+          file 'cookbooks/baz/metadata.rb', "name 'baz'\ndepends 'foo'\n"
+          file 'cookbooks/self/metadata.rb', "name 'self'\ndepends 'self'\n"
+        end
+
         it 'knife deps prints each once' do
           knife('deps /cookbooks/foo /cookbooks/self').should_succeed <<EOM
 /cookbooks/baz
@@ -213,10 +230,12 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_repository 'has roles with circular dependencies' do
-        file 'roles/foo.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[bar]' ] }
-        file 'roles/bar.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[baz]' ] }
-        file 'roles/baz.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[foo]' ] }
-        file 'roles/self.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[self]' ] }
+        before do
+          file 'roles/foo.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[bar]' ] }
+          file 'roles/bar.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[baz]' ] }
+          file 'roles/baz.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[foo]' ] }
+          file 'roles/self.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[self]' ] }
+        end
         it 'knife deps prints each once' do
           knife('deps /roles/foo.json /roles/self.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/baz.json
@@ -280,7 +299,9 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_repository 'is missing a dependent cookbook' do
-        file 'roles/starring.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'recipe[quiche]'] }
+        before do
+          file 'roles/starring.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'recipe[quiche]'] }
+        end
         it 'knife deps reports the cookbook, along with an error' do
           knife('deps /roles/starring.json').should_fail(
             :exit_code => 2,
@@ -290,7 +311,9 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_repository 'is missing a dependent environment' do
-        file 'nodes/mort.json', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert' }
+        before do
+          file 'nodes/mort.json', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert' }
+        end
         it 'knife deps reports the environment, along with an error' do
           knife('deps /nodes/mort.json').should_fail(
             :exit_code => 2,
@@ -300,7 +323,9 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_repository 'is missing a dependent role' do
-        file 'roles/starring.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[minor]'] }
+        before do
+          file 'roles/starring.json', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[minor]'] }
+        end
         it 'knife deps reports the role, along with an error' do
           knife('deps /roles/starring.json').should_fail(
             :exit_code => 2,
@@ -324,13 +349,13 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_repository 'has a data bag' do
-        file 'data_bags/bag/item.json', ''
+        before { file 'data_bags/bag/item.json', '' }
         it 'knife deps /data_bags/bag shows no dependencies' do
           knife('deps /data_bags/bag').should_succeed("/data_bags/bag\n")
         end
       end
       when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/blah/metadata.rb', 'name "blah"'
+        before { file 'cookbooks/blah/metadata.rb', 'name "blah"' }
         it 'knife deps on a cookbook file shows no dependencies' do
           knife('deps /cookbooks/blah/metadata.rb').should_succeed(
             "/cookbooks/blah/metadata.rb\n"
@@ -342,19 +367,21 @@ EOM
 
   context 'remote' do
     include_context "default config options"
-    
+
     when_the_chef_server 'has a role with no run_list' do
-      role 'starring', {}
+      before { role 'starring', {} }
       it 'knife deps reports no dependencies' do
         knife('deps --remote /roles/starring.json').should_succeed "/roles/starring.json\n"
       end
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has a role with a default run_list' do
-      role 'starring', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
-      role 'minor', {}
-      cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
-      cookbook 'soup', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'soup'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'chicken.rb' => '' } }
+      before do
+        role 'starring', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
+        role 'minor', {}
+        cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+        cookbook 'soup', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'soup'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'chicken.rb' => '' } }
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports all dependencies' do
         knife('deps --remote /roles/starring.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/minor.json
@@ -366,10 +393,12 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has a role with an env_run_list' do
-      role 'starring', { 'env_run_lists' => { 'desert' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) } }
-      role 'minor', {}
-      cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
-      cookbook 'soup', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' =>   "name 'soup'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'chicken.rb' => '' } }
+      before do
+        role 'starring', { 'env_run_lists' => { 'desert' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) } }
+        role 'minor', {}
+        cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+        cookbook 'soup', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' =>   "name 'soup'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'chicken.rb' => '' } }
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports all dependencies' do
         knife('deps --remote /roles/starring.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/minor.json
@@ -381,23 +410,27 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has a node with no environment or run_list' do
-      node 'mort', {}
+      before { node 'mort', {} }
       it 'knife deps reports just the node' do
         knife('deps --remote /nodes/mort.json').should_succeed "/nodes/mort.json\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_chef_server 'has a node with an environment' do
-      environment 'desert', {}
-      node 'mort', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert' }
+      before do
+        environment 'desert', {}
+        node 'mort', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert' }
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports just the node' do
         knife('deps --remote /nodes/mort.json').should_succeed "/environments/desert.json\n/nodes/mort.json\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_chef_server 'has a node with roles and recipes in its run_list' do
-      role 'minor', {}
-      cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
-      cookbook 'soup', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' =>   "name 'soup'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'chicken.rb' => '' } }
-      node 'mort', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
+      before do
+        role 'minor', {}
+        cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+        cookbook 'soup', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' =>   "name 'soup'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'chicken.rb' => '' } }
+        node 'mort', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports just the node' do
         knife('deps --remote /nodes/mort.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/minor.json
@@ -408,38 +441,44 @@ EOM
       end
     end
     when_the_chef_server 'has a cookbook with no dependencies' do
-      cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+      before do
+        cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports just the cookbook' do
         knife('deps --remote /cookbooks/quiche').should_succeed "/cookbooks/quiche\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_chef_server 'has a cookbook with dependencies' do
-      cookbook 'kettle', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'kettle'\nversion '1.0.0'\n" }
-      cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\ndepends 'kettle'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+      before do
+        cookbook 'kettle', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'kettle'\nversion '1.0.0'\n" }
+        cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\ndepends 'kettle'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+      end
       it 'knife deps reports the cookbook and its dependencies' do
         knife('deps --remote /cookbooks/quiche').should_succeed "/cookbooks/kettle\n/cookbooks/quiche\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_chef_server 'has a data bag' do
-      data_bag 'bag', { 'item' => {} }
+      before { data_bag 'bag', { 'item' => {} } }
       it 'knife deps reports just the data bag' do
         knife('deps --remote /data_bags/bag/item.json').should_succeed "/data_bags/bag/item.json\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_chef_server 'has an environment' do
-      environment 'desert', {}
+      before { environment 'desert', {} }
       it 'knife deps reports just the environment' do
         knife('deps --remote /environments/desert.json').should_succeed "/environments/desert.json\n"
       end
     end
     when_the_chef_server 'has a deep dependency tree' do
-      role 'starring', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
-      role 'minor', {}
-      cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
-      cookbook 'soup', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' =>   "name 'soup'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'chicken.rb' => '' } }
-      environment 'desert', {}
-      node 'mort', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert', 'run_list' => [ 'role[starring]' ] }
-      node 'bart', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[minor]' ] }
+      before do
+        role 'starring', { 'run_list' => %w(role[minor] recipe[quiche] recipe[soup::chicken]) }
+        role 'minor', {}
+        cookbook 'quiche', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'quiche'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+        cookbook 'soup', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' =>   "name 'soup'\nversion '1.0.0'\n", 'recipes' => { 'chicken.rb' => '' } }
+        environment 'desert', {}
+        node 'mort', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert', 'run_list' => [ 'role[starring]' ] }
+        node 'bart', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[minor]' ] }
+      end
 
       it 'knife deps reports all dependencies' do
         knife('deps --remote /nodes/mort.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -498,10 +537,12 @@ EOM
 
     context 'circular dependencies' do
       when_the_chef_server 'has cookbooks with circular dependencies' do
-        cookbook 'foo', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb'  => "name 'foo'\ndepends 'bar'\n" }
-        cookbook 'bar', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb'  => "name 'bar'\ndepends 'baz'\n" }
-        cookbook 'baz', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb'  => "name 'baz'\ndepends 'foo'\n" }
-        cookbook 'self', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'self'\ndepends 'self'\n" }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'foo', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb'  => "name 'foo'\ndepends 'bar'\n" }
+          cookbook 'bar', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb'  => "name 'bar'\ndepends 'baz'\n" }
+          cookbook 'baz', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb'  => "name 'baz'\ndepends 'foo'\n" }
+          cookbook 'self', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => "name 'self'\ndepends 'self'\n" }
+        end
         it 'knife deps prints each once' do
           knife('deps --remote /cookbooks/foo /cookbooks/self').should_succeed <<EOM
 /cookbooks/baz
@@ -522,10 +563,12 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_chef_server 'has roles with circular dependencies' do
-        role 'foo', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[bar]' ] }
-        role 'bar', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[baz]' ] }
-        role 'baz', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[foo]' ] }
-        role 'self', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[self]' ] }
+        before do
+          role 'foo', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[bar]' ] }
+          role 'bar', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[baz]' ] }
+          role 'baz', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[foo]' ] }
+          role 'self', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[self]' ] }
+        end
         it 'knife deps prints each once' do
           knife('deps --remote /roles/foo.json /roles/self.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /roles/baz.json
@@ -589,7 +632,9 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_chef_server 'is missing a dependent cookbook' do
-        role 'starring', { 'run_list' => [ 'recipe[quiche]'] }
+        before do
+          role 'starring', { 'run_list' => [ 'recipe[quiche]'] }
+        end
         it 'knife deps reports the cookbook, along with an error' do
           knife('deps --remote /roles/starring.json').should_fail(
             :exit_code => 2,
@@ -599,7 +644,9 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_chef_server 'is missing a dependent environment' do
-        node 'mort', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert' }
+        before do
+          node 'mort', { 'chef_environment' => 'desert' }
+        end
         it 'knife deps reports the environment, along with an error' do
           knife('deps --remote /nodes/mort.json').should_fail(
             :exit_code => 2,
@@ -609,7 +656,9 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_chef_server 'is missing a dependent role' do
-        role 'starring', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[minor]'] }
+        before do
+          role 'starring', { 'run_list' => [ 'role[minor]'] }
+        end
         it 'knife deps reports the role, along with an error' do
           knife('deps --remote /roles/starring.json').should_fail(
             :exit_code => 2,
@@ -629,13 +678,15 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_chef_server 'has a data bag' do
-        data_bag 'bag', { 'item' => {} }
+        before { data_bag 'bag', { 'item' => {} } }
         it 'knife deps /data_bags/bag shows no dependencies' do
           knife('deps --remote /data_bags/bag').should_succeed("/data_bags/bag\n")
         end
       end
       when_the_chef_server 'has a cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'blah', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'name "blah"' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'blah', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'name "blah"' }
+        end
         it 'knife deps on a cookbook file shows no dependencies' do
           knife('deps --remote /cookbooks/blah/metadata.rb').should_succeed(
             "/cookbooks/blah/metadata.rb\n"
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/diff_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/diff_spec.rb
index 2e36f39c82..8d13d86a99 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/diff_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/diff_spec.rb
@@ -19,27 +19,31 @@ require 'support/shared/integration/integration_helper'
 require 'chef/knife/diff'
 
 describe 'knife diff' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   context 'without versioned cookbooks' do
     when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-      client 'x', '{}'
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
-      environment 'x', '{}'
-      node 'x', '{}'
-      role 'x', '{}'
-      user 'x', '{}'
+      before do
+        client 'x', '{}'
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+        data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
+        environment 'x', '{}'
+        node 'x', '{}'
+        role 'x', '{}'
+        user 'x', '{}'
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has only top-level directories' do
-        directory 'clients'
-        directory 'cookbooks'
-        directory 'data_bags'
-        directory 'environments'
-        directory 'nodes'
-        directory 'roles'
-        directory 'users'
+        before do
+          directory 'clients'
+          directory 'cookbooks'
+          directory 'data_bags'
+          directory 'environments'
+          directory 'nodes'
+          directory 'roles'
+          directory 'users'
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff reports everything as deleted' do
           knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -60,17 +64,19 @@ EOM
 
       when_the_repository 'has an identical copy of each thing' do
 
-        file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-        file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
-        file 'environments/x.json', {}
-        file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-        file 'roles/x.json', {}
-        file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        before do
+          file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+          file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
+          file 'environments/x.json', {}
+          file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+          file 'roles/x.json', {}
+          file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff reports no differences' do
           knife('diff /').should_succeed ''
@@ -85,11 +91,14 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
 {
   "foo": "bar"
 }
 EOM
+          end
+
           it 'knife diff reports the role as different' do
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed <<EOM
 M\t/roles/x.json
@@ -98,15 +107,17 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'as well as one extra copy of each thing' do
-          file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-          file 'cookbooks/x/blah.rb', ''
-          file 'cookbooks/y/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-          file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
-          file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
-          file 'environments/y.json', {}
-          file 'nodes/y.json', {}
-          file 'roles/y.json', {}
-          file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          before do
+            file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+            file 'cookbooks/x/blah.rb', ''
+            file 'cookbooks/y/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("y", "1.0.0")
+            file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+            file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
+            file 'environments/y.json', {}
+            file 'nodes/y.json', {}
+            file 'roles/y.json', {}
+            file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          end
 
           it 'knife diff reports the new files as added' do
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -123,7 +134,7 @@ EOM
           end
 
           context 'when cwd is the data_bags directory' do
-            cwd 'data_bags'
+            before { cwd 'data_bags' }
             it 'knife diff reports different data bags' do
               knife('diff --name-status').should_succeed <<EOM
 A\tx/z.json
@@ -156,12 +167,16 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-      file 'cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+        file 'cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb', ''
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => '' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => '' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff /cookbooks/x shows differences' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -180,15 +195,19 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => '' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => '' }
+        end
         it 'knife diff /cookbooks/x shows no differences' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks/x').should_succeed ''
         end
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => '' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => '' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff /cookbooks/x shows the differences' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -200,7 +219,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => '' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => '' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff /cookbooks/x shows the differences' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -214,15 +235,18 @@ EOM
 
     context 'json diff tests' do
       when_the_repository 'has an empty environment file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', {}
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', {}
+        end
+
         when_the_chef_server 'has an empty environment' do
-          environment 'x', {}
+          before { environment 'x', {} }
           it 'knife diff returns no differences' do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
           end
         end
         when_the_chef_server 'has an environment with a different value' do
-          environment 'x', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+          before { environment 'x', { 'description' => 'hi' } }
           it 'knife diff reports the difference', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed(/
  {
@@ -236,15 +260,23 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an environment file with a value in it' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        end
+
         when_the_chef_server 'has an environment with the same value' do
-          environment 'x', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+          before do
+            environment 'x', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+          end
           it 'knife diff returns no differences' do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
           end
         end
         when_the_chef_server 'has an environment with no value' do
-          environment 'x', {}
+          before do
+            environment 'x', {}
+          end
+
           it 'knife diff reports the difference', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed(/
  {
@@ -256,7 +288,9 @@ EOM
           end
         end
         when_the_chef_server 'has an environment with a different value' do
-          environment 'x', { 'description' => 'lo' }
+          before do
+            environment 'x', { 'description' => 'lo' }
+          end
           it 'knife diff reports the difference', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed(/
  {
@@ -271,9 +305,9 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has an environment' do
-      environment 'x', {}
+      before { environment 'x', {} }
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        before { file 'environments/x.json', '{' }
         it 'knife diff reports an error and does a textual diff' do
           knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed(/-  "name": "x"/, :stderr => "WARN: Parse error reading #{path_to('environments/x.json')} as JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n")
         end
@@ -283,22 +317,26 @@ EOM
 
   with_versioned_cookbooks do
     when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-      client 'x', '{}'
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
-      environment 'x', '{}'
-      node 'x', '{}'
-      role 'x', '{}'
-      user 'x', '{}'
+      before do
+        client 'x', '{}'
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+        data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
+        environment 'x', '{}'
+        node 'x', '{}'
+        role 'x', '{}'
+        user 'x', '{}'
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has only top-level directories' do
-        directory 'clients'
-        directory 'cookbooks'
-        directory 'data_bags'
-        directory 'environments'
-        directory 'nodes'
-        directory 'roles'
-        directory 'users'
+        before do
+          directory 'clients'
+          directory 'cookbooks'
+          directory 'data_bags'
+          directory 'environments'
+          directory 'nodes'
+          directory 'roles'
+          directory 'users'
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff reports everything as deleted' do
           knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -318,17 +356,19 @@ EOM
     end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an identical copy of each thing' do
-        file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-        file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
-        file 'environments/x.json', {}
-        file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-        file 'roles/x.json', {}
-        file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        before do
+          file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+          file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
+          file 'environments/x.json', {}
+          file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+          file 'roles/x.json', {}
+          file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff reports no differences' do
           knife('diff /').should_succeed ''
@@ -343,11 +383,14 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
 {
   "foo": "bar"
 }
 EOM
+          end
+
           it 'knife diff reports the role as different' do
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed <<EOM
 M\t/roles/x.json
@@ -356,16 +399,18 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'as well as one extra copy of each thing' do
-          file 'clients/y.json', {}
-          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/blah.rb', ''
-          file 'cookbooks/x-2.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "2.0.0"'
-          file 'cookbooks/y-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-          file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
-          file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
-          file 'environments/y.json', {}
-          file 'nodes/y.json', {}
-          file 'roles/y.json', {}
-          file 'users/y.json', {}
+          before do
+            file 'clients/y.json', {}
+            file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/blah.rb', ''
+            file 'cookbooks/x-2.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "2.0.0")
+            file 'cookbooks/y-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("y", "1.0.0")
+            file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+            file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
+            file 'environments/y.json', {}
+            file 'nodes/y.json', {}
+            file 'roles/y.json', {}
+            file 'users/y.json', {}
+          end
 
           it 'knife diff reports the new files as added' do
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -383,7 +428,7 @@ EOM
           end
 
           context 'when cwd is the data_bags directory' do
-            cwd 'data_bags'
+            before { cwd 'data_bags' }
             it 'knife diff reports different data bags' do
               knife('diff --name-status').should_succeed <<EOM
 A\tx/z.json
@@ -416,12 +461,16 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-      file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-      file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/onlyin1.0.0.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/onlyin1.0.0.rb', ''
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => '' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => '' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff /cookbooks shows differences' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -435,15 +484,19 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => '' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => '' }
+        end
         it 'knife diff /cookbooks shows the differences' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks').should_succeed "D\t/cookbooks/x-0.9.9\n"
         end
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => '' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => '' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff /cookbooks shows the differences' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -454,7 +507,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => '' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => '' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife diff /cookbooks shows the differences' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -467,15 +522,15 @@ EOM
 
     context 'json diff tests' do
       when_the_repository 'has an empty environment file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', {}
+        before { file 'environments/x.json', {} }
         when_the_chef_server 'has an empty environment' do
-          environment 'x', {}
+          before { environment 'x', {} }
           it 'knife diff returns no differences' do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
           end
         end
         when_the_chef_server 'has an environment with a different value' do
-          environment 'x', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+          before { environment 'x', { 'description' => 'hi' } }
           it 'knife diff reports the difference', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed(/
  {
@@ -489,15 +544,20 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an environment file with a value in it' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        end
+
         when_the_chef_server 'has an environment with the same value' do
-          environment 'x', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+          before do
+            environment 'x', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+          end
           it 'knife diff returns no differences' do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
           end
         end
         when_the_chef_server 'has an environment with no value' do
-          environment 'x', {}
+          before { environment 'x', {} }
           it 'knife diff reports the difference', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed(/
  {
@@ -509,7 +569,9 @@ EOM
           end
         end
         when_the_chef_server 'has an environment with a different value' do
-          environment 'x', { 'description' => 'lo' }
+          before do
+            environment 'x', { 'description' => 'lo' }
+          end
           it 'knife diff reports the difference', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
             knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed(/
  {
@@ -524,9 +586,9 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has an environment' do
-      environment 'x', {}
+      before { environment 'x', {} }
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        before { file 'environments/x.json', '{' }
         it 'knife diff reports an error and does a textual diff' do
           knife('diff /environments/x.json').should_succeed(/-  "name": "x"/, :stderr => "WARN: Parse error reading #{path_to('environments/x.json')} as JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n")
         end
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/download_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/download_spec.rb
index f266b47b1b..4788a564b7 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/download_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/download_spec.rb
@@ -20,27 +20,32 @@ require 'chef/knife/download'
 require 'chef/knife/diff'
 
 describe 'knife download' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   context 'without versioned cookbooks' do
     when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-      client 'x', {}
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {} }
-      environment 'x', {}
-      node 'x', {}
-      role 'x', {}
-      user 'x', {}
+
+      before do
+        client 'x', {}
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+        data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {} }
+        environment 'x', {}
+        node 'x', {}
+        role 'x', {}
+        user 'x', {}
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has only top-level directories' do
-        directory 'clients'
-        directory 'cookbooks'
-        directory 'data_bags'
-        directory 'environments'
-        directory 'nodes'
-        directory 'roles'
-        directory 'users'
+        before do
+          directory 'clients'
+          directory 'cookbooks'
+          directory 'data_bags'
+          directory 'environments'
+          directory 'nodes'
+          directory 'roles'
+          directory 'users'
+        end
 
         it 'knife download downloads everything' do
           knife('download /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -63,17 +68,19 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an identical copy of each thing' do
-        file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-        file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
-        file 'environments/x.json', {}
-        file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-        file 'roles/x.json', {}
-        file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        before do
+          file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+          file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
+          file 'environments/x.json', {}
+          file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+          file 'roles/x.json', {}
+          file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download makes no changes' do
           knife('download /').should_succeed ''
@@ -86,7 +93,8 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
 {
   "chef_type": "role",
   "default_attributes": {
@@ -103,6 +111,8 @@ EOM
   ]
 }
 EOM
+          end
+
           it 'knife download changes the role' do
             knife('download /').should_succeed "Updated /roles/x.json\n"
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed ''
@@ -115,7 +125,8 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file is textually different, but not ACTUALLY different' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
 {
   "chef_type": "role",
   "default_attributes": {
@@ -132,6 +143,8 @@ EOM
   ]
 }
 EOM
+          end
+
           it 'knife download / does not change anything' do
             knife('download /').should_succeed ''
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed ''
@@ -139,15 +152,17 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'as well as one extra copy of each thing' do
-          file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-          file 'cookbooks/x/blah.rb', ''
-          file 'cookbooks/y/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-          file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
-          file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
-          file 'environments/y.json', {}
-          file 'nodes/y.json', {}
-          file 'roles/y.json', {}
-          file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          before do
+            file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+            file 'cookbooks/x/blah.rb', ''
+            file 'cookbooks/y/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+            file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+            file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
+            file 'environments/y.json', {}
+            file 'nodes/y.json', {}
+            file 'roles/y.json', {}
+            file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          end
 
           it 'knife download does nothing' do
             knife('download /').should_succeed ''
@@ -235,7 +250,10 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when current directory is top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before do
+            cwd '.'
+          end
+
           it 'knife download with no parameters reports an error' do
             knife('download').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to download everything in this directory, type \"knife download .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           end
@@ -246,7 +264,9 @@ EOM
     # Test download of an item when the other end doesn't even have the container
     when_the_repository 'is empty' do
       when_the_chef_server 'has two data bag items' do
-        data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {}, 'z' => {} }
+        before do
+          data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {}, 'z' => {} }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download of one data bag item itself succeeds' do
           knife('download /data_bags/x/y.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -271,28 +291,32 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has three data bag items' do
-      file 'data_bags/x/deleted.json', <<EOM
+      before do
+        file 'data_bags/x/deleted.json', <<EOM
 {
   "id": "deleted"
 }
 EOM
-      file 'data_bags/x/modified.json', <<EOM
+        file 'data_bags/x/modified.json', <<EOM
 {
   "id": "modified"
 }
 EOM
-      file 'data_bags/x/unmodified.json', <<EOM
+        file 'data_bags/x/unmodified.json', <<EOM
 {
   "id": "unmodified"
 }
 EOM
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a modified, unmodified, added and deleted data bag item' do
-        data_bag 'x', {
-          'added' => {},
-          'modified' => { 'foo' => 'bar' },
-          'unmodified' => {}
-        }
+        before do
+          data_bag 'x', {
+            'added' => {},
+            'modified' => { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+            'unmodified' => {}
+          }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download of the modified file succeeds' do
           knife('download /data_bags/x/modified.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -355,7 +379,9 @@ EOM
           knife('diff --name-status /data_bags').should_succeed ''
         end
         context 'when cwd is the /data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before do
+            cwd 'data_bags'
+          end
           it 'knife download fails' do
             knife('download').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to download everything in this directory, type \"knife download .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           end
@@ -380,11 +406,15 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-      file 'cookbooks/x/z.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+        file 'cookbooks/x/z.rb', ''
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a modified, added and deleted file for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version  "1.0.0"', 'y.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0", "#extra content"), 'y.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download of a modified file succeeds' do
           knife('download /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb').should_succeed "Updated /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb\n"
@@ -436,12 +466,16 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-      file 'cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+        file 'cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download /cookbooks/x downloads the latest version' do
           knife('download --purge /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -454,8 +488,11 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
+
         it 'knife download /cookbooks/x downloads the updated file' do
           knife('download --purge /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
 Updated /cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb
@@ -465,7 +502,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download /cookbooks/x downloads the latest version' do
           knife('download --purge /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -478,7 +517,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download /cookbooks/x downloads the old version' do
           knife('download --purge /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -492,9 +533,13 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has an environment' do
-      environment 'x', {}
+      before do
+        environment 'x', {}
+      end
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        end
         it 'knife download succeeds' do
           knife('download /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /environments/x.json\n", :stderr => "WARN: Parse error reading #{path_to('environments/x.json')} as JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -502,7 +547,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has the same environment with the wrong name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        end
         it 'knife download succeeds' do
           knife('download /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /environments/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -510,7 +557,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has the same environment with no name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        end
         it 'knife download succeeds' do
           knife('download /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /environments/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -521,22 +570,26 @@ EOM
 
   with_versioned_cookbooks do
     when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-      client 'x', {}
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {} }
-      environment 'x', {}
-      node 'x', {}
-      role 'x', {}
-      user 'x', {}
+      before do
+        client 'x', {}
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+        data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {} }
+        environment 'x', {}
+        node 'x', {}
+        role 'x', {}
+        user 'x', {}
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has only top-level directories' do
-        directory 'clients'
-        directory 'cookbooks'
-        directory 'data_bags'
-        directory 'environments'
-        directory 'nodes'
-        directory 'roles'
-        directory 'users'
+        before do
+          directory 'clients'
+          directory 'cookbooks'
+          directory 'data_bags'
+          directory 'environments'
+          directory 'nodes'
+          directory 'roles'
+          directory 'users'
+        end
 
         it 'knife download downloads everything' do
           knife('download /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -559,17 +612,19 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an identical copy of each thing' do
-        file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-        file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
-        file 'environments/x.json', {}
-        file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-        file 'roles/x.json', {}
-        file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        before do
+          file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+          file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
+          file 'environments/x.json', {}
+          file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+          file 'roles/x.json', {}
+          file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download makes no changes' do
           knife('download /').should_succeed ''
@@ -582,7 +637,9 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', { "description" => "blarghle" }
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', { "description" => "blarghle" }
+          end
 
           it 'knife download changes the role' do
             knife('download /').should_succeed "Updated /roles/x.json\n"
@@ -591,7 +648,8 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file is textually different, but not ACTUALLY different' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
 {
   "chef_type": "role" ,
   "default_attributes": {
@@ -608,6 +666,8 @@ EOM
   ]
 }
 EOM
+          end
+
           it 'knife download / does not change anything' do
             knife('download /').should_succeed ''
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed ''
@@ -615,16 +675,18 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'as well as one extra copy of each thing' do
-          file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/blah.rb', ''
-          file 'cookbooks/x-2.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "2.0.0"'
-          file 'cookbooks/y-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-          file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
-          file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
-          file 'environments/y.json', {}
-          file 'nodes/y.json', {}
-          file 'roles/y.json', {}
-          file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          before do
+            file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+            file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/blah.rb', ''
+            file 'cookbooks/x-2.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "2.0.0"'
+            file 'cookbooks/y-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+            file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+            file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
+            file 'environments/y.json', {}
+            file 'nodes/y.json', {}
+            file 'roles/y.json', {}
+            file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          end
 
           it 'knife download does nothing' do
             knife('download /').should_succeed ''
@@ -688,7 +750,9 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when current directory is top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before do
+            cwd '.'
+          end
           it 'knife download with no parameters reports an error' do
             knife('download').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to download everything in this directory, type \"knife download .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           end
@@ -699,7 +763,9 @@ EOM
     # Test download of an item when the other end doesn't even have the container
     when_the_repository 'is empty' do
       when_the_chef_server 'has two data bag items' do
-        data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {}, 'z' => {} }
+        before do
+          data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {}, 'z' => {} }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download of one data bag item itself succeeds' do
           knife('download /data_bags/x/y.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -715,28 +781,32 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has three data bag items' do
-      file 'data_bags/x/deleted.json', <<EOM
+      before do
+        file 'data_bags/x/deleted.json', <<EOM
 {
   "id": "deleted"
 }
 EOM
-      file 'data_bags/x/modified.json', <<EOM
+        file 'data_bags/x/modified.json', <<EOM
 {
   "id": "modified"
 }
 EOM
-      file 'data_bags/x/unmodified.json', <<EOM
+        file 'data_bags/x/unmodified.json', <<EOM
 {
   "id": "unmodified"
 }
 EOM
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a modified, unmodified, added and deleted data bag item' do
-        data_bag 'x', {
-          'added' => {},
-          'modified' => { 'foo' => 'bar' },
-          'unmodified' => {}
-        }
+        before do
+          data_bag 'x', {
+            'added' => {},
+            'modified' => { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+            'unmodified' => {}
+          }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download of the modified file succeeds' do
           knife('download /data_bags/x/modified.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -799,7 +869,9 @@ EOM
           knife('diff --name-status /data_bags').should_succeed ''
         end
         context 'when cwd is the /data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before do
+            cwd 'data_bags'
+          end
           it 'knife download fails' do
             knife('download').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to download everything in this directory, type \"knife download .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           end
@@ -824,11 +896,15 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-      file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-      file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/z.rb', ''
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'name "x"; version "1.0.0"'
+        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/z.rb', ''
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a modified, added and deleted file for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version  "1.0.0"', 'y.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'y.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download of a modified file succeeds' do
           knife('download /cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb').should_succeed "Updated /cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb\n"
@@ -880,12 +956,16 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-      file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-      file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download /cookbooks/x downloads the latest version' do
           knife('download --purge /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -899,8 +979,11 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
+
         it 'knife download /cookbooks downloads the updated file' do
           knife('download --purge /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
 Created /cookbooks/x-0.9.9
@@ -913,7 +996,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download /cookbooks/x downloads the latest version' do
           knife('download --purge /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -927,7 +1012,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife download --purge /cookbooks downloads the old version and deletes the new version' do
           knife('download --purge /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -942,9 +1029,15 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has an environment' do
-      environment 'x', {}
+      before do
+        environment 'x', {}
+      end
+
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        end
+
         it 'knife download succeeds' do
           knife('download /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /environments/x.json\n", :stderr => "WARN: Parse error reading #{path_to('environments/x.json')} as JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -952,7 +1045,10 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has the same environment with the wrong name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        end
+
         it 'knife download succeeds' do
           knife('download /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /environments/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -960,7 +1056,10 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has the same environment with no name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        end
+
         it 'knife download succeeds' do
           knife('download /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /environments/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -970,7 +1069,9 @@ EOM
   end # with versioned cookbooks
 
   when_the_chef_server 'has a cookbook' do
-    cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
+    before do
+      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+    end
 
     when_the_repository 'is empty' do
       it 'knife download /cookbooks/x signs all requests', :ruby_gte_19_only do
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/list_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/list_spec.rb
index b9e72c5573..31dba2407d 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/list_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/list_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require 'support/shared/context/config'
 require 'chef/knife/list'
 
 describe 'knife list' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   include_context "default config options"
@@ -71,20 +71,22 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_chef_server "has plenty of stuff in it" do
-    client 'client1', {}
-    client 'client2', {}
-    cookbook 'cookbook1', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => '' }
-    cookbook 'cookbook2', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => '', 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
-    data_bag 'bag1', { 'item1' => {}, 'item2' => {} }
-    data_bag 'bag2', { 'item1' => {}, 'item2' => {} }
-    environment 'environment1', {}
-    environment 'environment2', {}
-    node 'node1', {}
-    node 'node2', {}
-    role 'role1', {}
-    role 'role2', {}
-    user 'user1', {}
-    user 'user2', {}
+    before do
+      client 'client1', {}
+      client 'client2', {}
+      cookbook 'cookbook1', '1.0.0'
+      cookbook 'cookbook2', '1.0.1', { 'recipes' => { 'default.rb' => '' } }
+      data_bag 'bag1', { 'item1' => {}, 'item2' => {} }
+      data_bag 'bag2', { 'item1' => {}, 'item2' => {} }
+      environment 'environment1', {}
+      environment 'environment2', {}
+      node 'node1', {}
+      node 'node2', {}
+      role 'role1', {}
+      role 'role2', {}
+      user 'user1', {}
+      user 'user2', {}
+    end
 
     it "knife list / returns all top level directories" do
       knife('list /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@ EOM
     context 'symlink tests' do
       when_the_repository 'is empty' do
         context 'when cwd is at the top of the repository' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before { cwd '.' }
 
           it "knife list -Rfp returns everything" do
             knife('list -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -360,9 +362,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a cookbooks directory' do
-        directory 'cookbooks'
+        before { directory 'cookbooks' }
         context 'when cwd is in cookbooks/' do
-          cwd 'cookbooks'
+          before { cwd 'cookbooks' }
 
           it "knife list -Rfp / returns everything" do
             knife('list -Rfp /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -454,10 +456,10 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a cookbooks/cookbook2 directory' do
-        directory 'cookbooks/cookbook2'
+        before { directory 'cookbooks/cookbook2' }
 
         context 'when cwd is in cookbooks/cookbook2' do
-          cwd 'cookbooks/cookbook2'
+          before { cwd 'cookbooks/cookbook2' }
 
           it "knife list -Rfp returns cookbooks" do
             knife('list -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -470,11 +472,13 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a cookbooks directory and a symlinked cookbooks directory', :pending => (Chef::Platform.windows?) do
-        directory 'cookbooks'
-        symlink 'symlinked', 'cookbooks'
+        before do
+          directory 'cookbooks'
+          symlink 'symlinked', 'cookbooks'
+        end
 
         context 'when cwd is in cookbooks/' do
-          cwd 'cookbooks'
+          before { cwd 'cookbooks' }
 
           it "knife list -Rfp returns cookbooks" do
             knife('list -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -489,7 +493,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is in symlinked/' do
-          cwd 'symlinked'
+          before { cwd 'symlinked' }
 
           it "knife list -Rfp returns cookbooks" do
             knife('list -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -505,11 +509,13 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a real_cookbooks directory and a cookbooks symlink to it', :pending => (Chef::Platform.windows?) do
-        directory 'real_cookbooks'
-        symlink 'cookbooks', 'real_cookbooks'
+        before do
+          directory 'real_cookbooks'
+          symlink 'cookbooks', 'real_cookbooks'
+        end
 
         context 'when cwd is in real_cookbooks/' do
-          cwd 'real_cookbooks'
+          before { cwd 'real_cookbooks' }
 
           it "knife list -Rfp returns cookbooks" do
             knife('list -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -524,7 +530,7 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when cwd is in cookbooks/' do
-          cwd 'cookbooks'
+          before { cwd 'cookbooks' }
 
           it "knife list -Rfp returns cookbooks" do
             knife('list -Rfp').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -553,36 +559,38 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository "has a bunch of stuff" do
-      file 'clients/client1.json', {}
-      file 'clients/client2.json', {}
-
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1' do
-        file 'metadata.rb', ''
-      end
-      directory 'cookbooks/cookbook2' do
-        file 'metadata.rb', ''
-        file 'recipes/default.rb', ''
-      end
+      before do
+        file 'clients/client1.json', {}
+        file 'clients/client2.json', {}
 
-      directory 'data_bags' do
-        directory 'bag1' do
-          file 'item1.json', {}
-          file 'item2.json', {}
+        directory 'cookbooks/cookbook1' do
+          file 'metadata.rb', cb_metadata("cookbook1", "1.0.0")
         end
-        directory 'bag2' do
-          file 'item1.json', {}
-          file 'item2.json', {}
+        directory 'cookbooks/cookbook2' do
+          file 'metadata.rb', cb_metadata("cookbook2", "2.0.0")
+          file 'recipes/default.rb', ''
+        end
+
+        directory 'data_bags' do
+          directory 'bag1' do
+            file 'item1.json', {}
+            file 'item2.json', {}
+          end
+          directory 'bag2' do
+            file 'item1.json', {}
+            file 'item2.json', {}
+          end
         end
-      end
 
-      file 'environments/environment1.json', {}
-      file 'environments/environment2.json', {}
-      file 'nodes/node1.json', {}
-      file 'nodes/node2.json', {}
-      file 'roles/role1.json', {}
-      file 'roles/role2.json', {}
-      file 'users/user1.json', {}
-      file 'users/user2.json', {}
+        file 'environments/environment1.json', {}
+        file 'environments/environment2.json', {}
+        file 'nodes/node1.json', {}
+        file 'nodes/node2.json', {}
+        file 'roles/role1.json', {}
+        file 'roles/role2.json', {}
+        file 'users/user1.json', {}
+        file 'users/user2.json', {}
+      end
 
       it "knife list -Rfp / returns everything" do
         knife('list -Rp --local --flat /').should_succeed <<EOM
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/raw_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/raw_spec.rb
index 2a9b5d8904..080ea0f21b 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/raw_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/raw_spec.rb
@@ -21,20 +21,22 @@ require 'chef/knife/raw'
 require 'chef/knife/show'
 
 describe 'knife raw' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
   include AppServerSupport
 
   include_context "default config options"
 
   when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-    client 'x', '{}'
-    cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-    data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
-    environment 'x', '{}'
-    node 'x', '{}'
-    role 'x', '{}'
-    user 'x', '{}'
+    before do
+      client 'x', '{}'
+      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
+      environment 'x', '{}'
+      node 'x', '{}'
+      role 'x', '{}'
+      user 'x', '{}'
+    end
 
     it 'knife raw /nodes/x returns the node', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
       knife('raw /nodes/x').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -44,12 +46,16 @@ describe 'knife raw' do
   "chef_type": "node",
   "chef_environment": "_default",
   "override": {
+
   },
   "normal": {
+
   },
   "default": {
+
   },
   "automatic": {
+
   },
   "run_list": [
 
@@ -70,13 +76,16 @@ EOM
   "json_class": "Chef::Role",
   "chef_type": "role",
   "default_attributes": {
+
   },
   "override_attributes": {
+
   },
   "run_list": [
 
   ],
   "env_run_lists": {
+
   }
 }
 EOM
@@ -92,13 +101,16 @@ EOM
   "json_class": "Chef::Role",
   "chef_type": "role",
   "default_attributes": {
+
   },
   "override_attributes": {
+
   },
   "run_list": [
 
   ],
   "env_run_lists": {
+
   }
 }
 EOM
@@ -111,13 +123,16 @@ EOM
   "json_class": "Chef::Role",
   "chef_type": "role",
   "default_attributes": {
+
   },
   "override_attributes": {
+
   },
   "run_list": [
 
   ],
   "env_run_lists": {
+
   }
 }
 EOM
@@ -154,7 +169,7 @@ EOM
 
         knife("raw -m POST -i #{file.path} /roles").should_succeed <<EOM
 {
-  "uri": "#{ChefZero::RSpec.server.url}/roles/y"
+  "uri": "#{ChefZeroSupport::Server.server.url}/roles/y"
 }
 EOM
         knife('show /roles/y.json').should_succeed <<EOM
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/redirection_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/redirection_spec.rb
index ebfd40966e..549a6f6df0 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/redirection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/redirection_spec.rb
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ require 'support/shared/context/config'
 require 'chef/knife/list'
 
 describe 'redirection' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
   include AppServerSupport
 
   include_context "default config options"
 
   when_the_chef_server 'has a role' do
-    role 'x', {}
+    before { role 'x', {} }
 
     context 'and another server redirects to it with 302' do
       before :each do
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/serve_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/serve_spec.rb
index 20e4e43586..32e633543d 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/serve_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/serve_spec.rb
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ require 'chef/knife/serve'
 require 'chef/server_api'
 
 describe 'knife serve' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
   include AppServerSupport
 
   when_the_repository 'also has one of each thing' do
-    file 'nodes/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+    before { file 'nodes/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' } }
 
     it 'knife serve serves up /nodes/x' do
       exception = nil
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/show_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/show_spec.rb
index 5b15110e41..3a20f96a11 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/show_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/show_spec.rb
@@ -20,40 +20,44 @@ require 'support/shared/context/config'
 require 'chef/knife/show'
 
 describe 'knife show' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   include_context "default config options"
 
   when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-    client 'x', '{}'
-    cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-    data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
-    environment 'x', '{}'
-    node 'x', '{}'
-    role 'x', '{}'
-    user 'x', '{}'
+    before do
+      client 'x', '{}'
+      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => '{}' }
+      environment 'x', '{}'
+      node 'x', '{}'
+      role 'x', '{}'
+      user 'x', '{}'
+    end
 
     when_the_repository 'also has one of each thing' do
-      file 'clients/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
-      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.1"'
-      file 'data_bags/x/y.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
-      file 'environments/_default.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
-      file 'environments/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
-      file 'nodes/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
-      file 'roles/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
-      file 'users/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+      before do
+        file 'clients/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0')
+        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        file 'environments/_default.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        file 'environments/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        file 'nodes/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        file 'roles/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        file 'users/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+      end
 
       it 'knife show /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb shows the remote version' do
         knife('show /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb').should_succeed <<EOM
 /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb:
-version "1.0.0"
+name 'x'; version '1.0.0'
 EOM
       end
       it 'knife show --local /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb shows the local version' do
         knife('show --local /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb').should_succeed <<EOM
 /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb:
-version "1.0.1"
+name 'x'; version '1.0.0'
 EOM
       end
       it 'knife show /data_bags/x/y.json shows the remote version' do
@@ -122,13 +126,15 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_chef_server 'has a hash with multiple keys' do
-    environment 'x', {
-      'default_attributes' => { 'foo' => 'bar' },
-      'cookbook_versions' => { 'blah' => '= 1.0.0'},
-      'override_attributes' => { 'x' => 'y' },
-      'description' => 'woo',
-      'name' => 'x'
-    }
+    before do
+      environment 'x', {
+        'default_attributes' => { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+        'cookbook_versions' => { 'blah' => '= 1.0.0'},
+        'override_attributes' => { 'x' => 'y' },
+        'description' => 'woo',
+        'name' => 'x'
+      }
+    end
     it 'knife show shows the attributes in a predetermined order', :pending => (RUBY_VERSION < "1.9") do
       knife('show /environments/x.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /environments/x.json:
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ EOM
   end
 
   when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-    file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+    before { file 'environments/x.json', '{' }
     it 'knife show succeeds' do
       knife('show --local /environments/x.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 /environments/x.json:
diff --git a/spec/integration/knife/upload_spec.rb b/spec/integration/knife/upload_spec.rb
index 46b804205f..90666f4fc9 100644
--- a/spec/integration/knife/upload_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/knife/upload_spec.rb
@@ -21,27 +21,33 @@ require 'chef/knife/diff'
 require 'chef/knife/raw'
 
 describe 'knife upload' do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include KnifeSupport
 
   context 'without versioned cookbooks' do
+
     when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-      client 'x', {}
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {} }
-      environment 'x', {}
-      node 'x', {}
-      role 'x', {}
-      user 'x', {}
+
+      before do
+        client 'x', {}
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+        data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {} }
+        environment 'x', {}
+        node 'x', {}
+        role 'x', {}
+        user 'x', {}
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has only top-level directories' do
-        directory 'clients'
-        directory 'cookbooks'
-        directory 'data_bags'
-        directory 'environments'
-        directory 'nodes'
-        directory 'roles'
-        directory 'users'
+        before do
+          directory 'clients'
+          directory 'cookbooks'
+          directory 'data_bags'
+          directory 'environments'
+          directory 'nodes'
+          directory 'roles'
+          directory 'users'
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload does nothing' do
           knife('upload /').should_succeed ''
@@ -80,17 +86,20 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an identical copy of each thing' do
-        file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-        file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
-        file 'environments/x.json', {}
-        file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-        file 'roles/x.json', {}
-        file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+
+        before do
+          file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0")
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+          file 'environments/_default.json', { "description" => "The default Chef environment" }
+          file 'environments/x.json', {}
+          file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+          file 'roles/x.json', {}
+          file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload makes no changes' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x').should_succeed ''
@@ -103,7 +112,10 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', { 'description' => 'blarghle' }
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', { 'description' => 'blarghle' }
+          end
+
           it 'knife upload changes the role' do
             knife('upload /').should_succeed "Updated /roles/x.json\n"
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed ''
@@ -115,7 +127,8 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file is textually different, but not ACTUALLY different' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
 {
   "chef_type": "role",
   "default_attributes":  {
@@ -132,6 +145,8 @@ EOM
   ]
 }
 EOM
+          end
+
           it 'knife upload / does not change anything' do
             knife('upload /').should_succeed ''
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed ''
@@ -139,15 +154,17 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'as well as one extra copy of each thing' do
-          file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-          file 'cookbooks/x/blah.rb', ''
-          file 'cookbooks/y/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-          file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
-          file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
-          file 'environments/y.json', {}
-          file 'nodes/y.json', {}
-          file 'roles/y.json', {}
-          file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          before do
+            file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+            file 'cookbooks/x/blah.rb', ''
+            file 'cookbooks/y/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("y", "1.0.0")
+            file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+            file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
+            file 'environments/y.json', {}
+            file 'nodes/y.json', {}
+            file 'roles/y.json', {}
+            file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          end
 
           it 'knife upload adds the new files' do
             knife('upload /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -219,7 +236,10 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when current directory is top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before do
+            cwd '.'
+          end
+
           it 'knife upload with no parameters reports an error' do
             knife('upload').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to upload everything in this directory, type \"knife upload .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           end
@@ -229,7 +249,11 @@ EOM
 
     when_the_chef_server 'is empty' do
       when_the_repository 'has a data bag item' do
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+
+        before do
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        end
+
         it 'knife upload of the data bag uploads only the values in the data bag item and no other' do
           knife('upload /data_bags/x/y.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 Created /data_bags/x
@@ -249,7 +273,11 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a data bag item with keys chef_type and data_bag' do
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', { 'chef_type' => 'aaa', 'data_bag' => 'bbb' }
+
+        before do
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', { 'chef_type' => 'aaa', 'data_bag' => 'bbb' }
+        end
+
         it 'upload preserves chef_type and data_bag' do
           knife('upload /data_bags/x/y.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 Created /data_bags/x
@@ -265,8 +293,10 @@ EOM
 
       # Test upload of an item when the other end doesn't even have the container
       when_the_repository 'has two data bag items' do
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-        file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+        before do
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+          file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+        end
         it 'knife upload of one data bag item itself succeeds' do
           knife('upload /data_bags/x/y.json').should_succeed <<EOM
 Created /data_bags/x
@@ -280,12 +310,17 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has three data bag items' do
-      data_bag 'x', { 'deleted' => {}, 'modified' => {}, 'unmodified' => {} }
+
+      before do
+        data_bag 'x', { 'deleted' => {}, 'modified' => {}, 'unmodified' => {} }
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a modified, unmodified, added and deleted data bag item' do
-        file 'data_bags/x/added.json', {}
-        file 'data_bags/x/modified.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
-        file 'data_bags/x/unmodified.json', {}
+        before do
+          file 'data_bags/x/added.json', {}
+          file 'data_bags/x/modified.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+          file 'data_bags/x/unmodified.json', {}
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload of the modified file succeeds' do
           knife('upload /data_bags/x/modified.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -348,10 +383,15 @@ EOM
           knife('diff --name-status /data_bags').should_succeed ''
         end
         context 'when cwd is the /data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+
+          before do
+            cwd 'data_bags'
+          end
+
           it 'knife upload fails' do
             knife('upload').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to upload everything in this directory, type \"knife upload .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           end
+
           it 'knife upload --purge . uploads everything' do
             knife('upload --purge .').should_succeed <<EOM
 Created x/added.json
@@ -376,10 +416,17 @@ EOM
     # upload of a file is designed not to work at present.  Make sure that is the
     # case.
     when_the_chef_server 'has a cookbook' do
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'z.rb' => '' }
+
+      before do
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'z.rb' => '' }
+      end
+
       when_the_repository 'has a modified, extra and missing file for the cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version  "1.0.0"'
-        file 'cookbooks/x/y.rb', 'hi'
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("x", "1.0.0", "#modified")
+          file 'cookbooks/x/y.rb', 'hi'
+        end
+
         it 'knife upload of any individual file fails' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb').should_fail "ERROR: /cookbooks/x/metadata.rb cannot be updated.\n"
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x/y.rb').should_fail "ERROR: /cookbooks/x cannot have a child created under it.\n"
@@ -402,7 +449,11 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_repository 'has a missing file for the cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0')
+        end
+
         it 'knife upload of the cookbook succeeds' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
 Updated /cookbooks/x
@@ -411,9 +462,13 @@ EOM
         end
       end
       when_the_repository 'has an extra file for the cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-        file 'cookbooks/x/z.rb', ''
-        file 'cookbooks/x/blah.rb', ''
+
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0')
+          file 'cookbooks/x/z.rb', ''
+          file 'cookbooks/x/blah.rb', ''
+        end
+
         it 'knife upload of the cookbook succeeds' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
 Updated /cookbooks/x
@@ -423,26 +478,31 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a different file in the cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version  "1.0.0"'
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0')
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload --freeze freezes the cookbook' do
           knife('upload --freeze /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
 Updated /cookbooks/x
 EOM
           # Modify a file and attempt to upload
-          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0" # This is different'
+          file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', "name 'x'; version '1.0.0'#different"
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x').should_fail "ERROR: /cookbooks failed to write: Cookbook x is frozen\n"
         end
       end
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has a frozen cookbook' do
-      cookbook 'frozencook', '1.0.0', {
-        'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"'
-      }, :frozen => true
+      before do
+        cookbook 'frozencook', '1.0.0', {}, :frozen => true
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an update to said cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/frozencook/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0" # This is different'
+
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/frozencook/metadata.rb', cb_metadata("frozencook", "1.0.0", "# This is different")
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload fails to upload the frozen cookbook' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/frozencook').should_fail "ERROR: /cookbooks failed to write: Cookbook frozencook is frozen\n"
@@ -456,12 +516,16 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-      file 'cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0')
+        file 'cookbooks/x/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload /cookbooks/x uploads the local version' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -481,8 +545,11 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
+
         it 'knife upload /cookbooks/x uploads the local version' do
           knife('upload --purge /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
 Updated /cookbooks/x
@@ -492,7 +559,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload /cookbooks/x uploads the local version' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -512,7 +581,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', {  'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload /cookbooks/x uploads the new version' do
           knife('upload --purge /cookbooks/x').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -524,9 +595,15 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has an environment' do
-      environment 'x', {}
+      before do
+        environment 'x', {}
+      end
+
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        end
+
         it 'knife upload tries and fails' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_fail "WARN: Parse error reading #{path_to('environments/x.json')} as JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\nERROR: /environments/x.json failed to write: Parse error reading JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed "M\t/environments/x.json\n", :stderr => "WARN: Parse error reading #{path_to('environments/x.json')} as JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n"
@@ -534,7 +611,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has the same environment with the wrong name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload fails' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_fail "ERROR: /environments/x.json failed to write: Name must be 'x' (is 'y')\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed "M\t/environments/x.json\n"
@@ -542,7 +621,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has the same environment with no name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload succeeds' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /environments/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -552,7 +633,9 @@ EOM
 
     when_the_chef_server 'is empty' do
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        end
         it 'knife upload tries and fails' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_fail "ERROR: /environments failed to create_child: Parse error reading JSON creating child 'x.json': A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed "A\t/environments/x.json\n"
@@ -560,7 +643,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with the wrong name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload fails' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_fail "ERROR: /environments failed to create_child: Error creating 'x.json': Name must be 'x' (is 'y')\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed "A\t/environments/x.json\n"
@@ -568,7 +653,10 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with no name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload succeeds' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Created /environments/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -576,7 +664,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a data bag with no id in the file' do
-        file 'data_bags/bag/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        before do
+          file 'data_bags/bag/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload succeeds' do
           knife('upload /data_bags/bag/x.json').should_succeed "Created /data_bags/bag\nCreated /data_bags/bag/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /data_bags/bag/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -587,22 +677,27 @@ EOM
 
   with_versioned_cookbooks do
     when_the_chef_server "has one of each thing" do
-      client 'x', {}
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"' }
-      data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {} }
-      environment 'x', {}
-      node 'x', {}
-      role 'x', {}
-      user 'x', {}
+
+      before do
+        client 'x', {}
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0'
+        data_bag 'x', { 'y' => {} }
+        environment 'x', {}
+        node 'x', {}
+        role 'x', {}
+        user 'x', {}
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has only top-level directories' do
-        directory 'clients'
-        directory 'cookbooks'
-        directory 'data_bags'
-        directory 'environments'
-        directory 'nodes'
-        directory 'roles'
-        directory 'users'
+        before do
+          directory 'clients'
+          directory 'cookbooks'
+          directory 'data_bags'
+          directory 'environments'
+          directory 'nodes'
+          directory 'roles'
+          directory 'users'
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload does nothing' do
           knife('upload /').should_succeed ''
@@ -641,17 +736,19 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an identical copy of each thing' do
-        file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-        file 'environments/_default.json', { 'description' => 'The default Chef environment' }
-        file 'environments/x.json', {}
-        file 'nodes/x.json', {}
-        file 'roles/x.json', {}
-        file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-        file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        before do
+          file 'clients/chef-validator.json', { 'validator' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/chef-webui.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'clients/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0')
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+          file 'environments/_default.json', { 'description' => 'The default Chef environment' }
+          file 'environments/x.json', {}
+          file 'nodes/x.json', {}
+          file 'roles/x.json', {}
+          file 'users/admin.json', { 'admin' => true, 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          file 'users/x.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload makes no changes' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x-1.0.0').should_succeed ''
@@ -664,7 +761,9 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', { 'description' => 'blarghle' }
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', { 'description' => 'blarghle' }
+          end
 
           it 'knife upload changes the role' do
             knife('upload /').should_succeed "Updated /roles/x.json\n"
@@ -673,7 +772,9 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'except the role file is textually different, but not ACTUALLY different' do
-          file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
+
+          before do
+            file 'roles/x.json', <<EOM
 {
   "chef_type": "role",
   "default_attributes":  {
@@ -690,6 +791,8 @@ EOM
   ]
 }
 EOM
+          end
+
           it 'knife upload / does not change anything' do
             knife('upload /').should_succeed ''
             knife('diff --name-status /').should_succeed ''
@@ -697,16 +800,18 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'as well as one extra copy of each thing' do
-          file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
-          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/blah.rb', ''
-          file 'cookbooks/x-2.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "2.0.0"'
-          file 'cookbooks/y-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-          file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
-          file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
-          file 'environments/y.json', {}
-          file 'nodes/y.json', {}
-          file 'roles/y.json', {}
-          file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          before do
+            file 'clients/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+            file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/blah.rb', ''
+            file 'cookbooks/x-2.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '2.0.0')
+            file 'cookbooks/y-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('y', '1.0.0')
+            file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+            file 'data_bags/y/zz.json', {}
+            file 'environments/y.json', {}
+            file 'nodes/y.json', {}
+            file 'roles/y.json', {}
+            file 'users/y.json', { 'public_key' => ChefZero::PUBLIC_KEY }
+          end
 
           it 'knife upload adds the new files' do
             knife('upload /').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -763,7 +868,9 @@ EOM
         end
 
         context 'when current directory is top level' do
-          cwd '.'
+          before do
+            cwd '.'
+          end
           it 'knife upload with no parameters reports an error' do
             knife('upload').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to upload everything in this directory, type \"knife upload .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           end
@@ -774,8 +881,10 @@ EOM
     # Test upload of an item when the other end doesn't even have the container
     when_the_chef_server 'is empty' do
       when_the_repository 'has two data bag items' do
-        file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
-        file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+        before do
+          file 'data_bags/x/y.json', {}
+          file 'data_bags/x/z.json', {}
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload of one data bag item itself succeeds' do
           knife('upload /data_bags/x/y.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -790,11 +899,15 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has three data bag items' do
-      data_bag 'x', { 'deleted' => {}, 'modified' => {}, 'unmodified' => {} }
+      before do
+        data_bag 'x', { 'deleted' => {}, 'modified' => {}, 'unmodified' => {} }
+      end
       when_the_repository 'has a modified, unmodified, added and deleted data bag item' do
-        file 'data_bags/x/added.json', {}
-        file 'data_bags/x/modified.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
-        file 'data_bags/x/unmodified.json', {}
+        before do
+          file 'data_bags/x/added.json', {}
+          file 'data_bags/x/modified.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+          file 'data_bags/x/unmodified.json', {}
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload of the modified file succeeds' do
           knife('upload /data_bags/x/modified.json').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -857,7 +970,9 @@ EOM
           knife('diff --name-status /data_bags').should_succeed ''
         end
         context 'when cwd is the /data_bags directory' do
-          cwd 'data_bags'
+          before do
+            cwd 'data_bags'
+          end
           it 'knife upload fails' do
             knife('upload').should_fail "FATAL: Must specify at least one argument.  If you want to upload everything in this directory, type \"knife upload .\"\n", :stdout => /USAGE/
           end
@@ -885,11 +1000,15 @@ EOM
     # upload of a file is designed not to work at present.  Make sure that is the
     # case.
     when_the_chef_server 'has a cookbook' do
-      cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'z.rb' => '' }
+      before do
+        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'z.rb' => '' }
+      end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a modified, extra and missing file for the cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version  "1.0.0"'
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/y.rb', 'hi'
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0', '#modified')
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/y.rb', 'hi'
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload of any individual file fails' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb').should_fail "ERROR: /cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb cannot be updated.\n"
@@ -916,7 +1035,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a missing file for the cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', "1.0.0")
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload of the cookbook succeeds' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x-1.0.0').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -927,9 +1048,11 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an extra file for the cookbook' do
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/z.rb', ''
-        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/blah.rb', ''
+        before do
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0')
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/z.rb', ''
+          file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/blah.rb', ''
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload of the cookbook succeeds' do
           knife('upload /cookbooks/x-1.0.0').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -941,12 +1064,16 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_repository 'has a cookbook' do
-      file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-      file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+      before do
+        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/metadata.rb', cb_metadata('x', '1.0.0')
+        file 'cookbooks/x-1.0.0/onlyin1.0.0.rb', 'old_text'
+      end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => '' }
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload /cookbooks uploads the local version' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -962,8 +1089,10 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.0"', 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.0', { 'onlyin1.0.0.rb' => ''}
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload /cookbooks uploads the local version' do
           knife('upload --purge /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
 Updated /cookbooks/x-1.0.0
@@ -974,7 +1103,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has a later version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "1.0.1"', 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '1.0.1', { 'onlyin1.0.1.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload /cookbooks/x uploads the local version' do
           knife('diff --name-status /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -990,7 +1121,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_chef_server 'has an earlier version for the cookbook, and no current version' do
-        cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'metadata.rb' => 'version "0.9.9"', 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          cookbook 'x', '0.9.9', { 'onlyin0.9.9.rb' => 'hi' }
+        end
 
         it 'knife upload /cookbooks/x uploads the new version' do
           knife('upload --purge /cookbooks').should_succeed <<EOM
@@ -1003,9 +1136,14 @@ EOM
     end
 
     when_the_chef_server 'has an environment' do
-      environment 'x', {}
+      before do
+        environment 'x', {}
+      end
+
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        end
         it 'knife upload tries and fails' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_fail "WARN: Parse error reading #{path_to('environments/x.json')} as JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\nERROR: /environments/x.json failed to write: Parse error reading JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed "M\t/environments/x.json\n", :stderr => "WARN: Parse error reading #{path_to('environments/x.json')} as JSON: A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n"
@@ -1013,7 +1151,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has the same environment with the wrong name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload fails' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_fail "ERROR: /environments/x.json failed to write: Name must be 'x' (is 'y')\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed "M\t/environments/x.json\n"
@@ -1021,7 +1161,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has the same environment with no name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload succeeds' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /environments/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -1031,7 +1173,9 @@ EOM
 
     when_the_chef_server 'is empty' do
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with bad JSON' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', '{'
+        end
         it 'knife upload tries and fails' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_fail "ERROR: /environments failed to create_child: Parse error reading JSON creating child 'x.json': A JSON text must at least contain two octets!\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed "A\t/environments/x.json\n"
@@ -1039,7 +1183,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with the wrong name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'name' => 'y' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload fails' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_fail "ERROR: /environments failed to create_child: Error creating 'x.json': Name must be 'x' (is 'y')\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed "A\t/environments/x.json\n"
@@ -1047,7 +1193,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has an environment with no name in the file' do
-        file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        before do
+          file 'environments/x.json', { 'description' => 'hi' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload succeeds' do
           knife('upload /environments/x.json').should_succeed "Created /environments/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /environments/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -1055,7 +1203,9 @@ EOM
       end
 
       when_the_repository 'has a data bag with no id in the file' do
-        file 'data_bags/bag/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        before do
+          file 'data_bags/bag/x.json', { 'foo' => 'bar' }
+        end
         it 'knife upload succeeds' do
           knife('upload /data_bags/bag/x.json').should_succeed "Created /data_bags/bag\nCreated /data_bags/bag/x.json\n"
           knife('diff --name-status /data_bags/bag/x.json').should_succeed ''
@@ -1065,9 +1215,14 @@ EOM
   end # with versioned cookbooks
 
   when_the_chef_server 'has a user' do
-    user 'x', {}
+    before do
+      user 'x', {}
+    end
+
     when_the_repository 'has the same user with json_class in it' do
-      file 'users/x.json', { 'admin' => true, 'json_class' => 'Chef::WebUIUser' }
+      before do
+        file 'users/x.json', { 'admin' => true, 'json_class' => 'Chef::WebUIUser' }
+      end
       it 'knife upload /users/x.json succeeds' do
         knife('upload /users/x.json').should_succeed "Updated /users/x.json\n"
       end
diff --git a/spec/integration/recipes/lwrp_inline_resources_spec.rb b/spec/integration/recipes/lwrp_inline_resources_spec.rb
index df666eaaa9..9e2cf3fc8d 100644
--- a/spec/integration/recipes/lwrp_inline_resources_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/recipes/lwrp_inline_resources_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'support/shared/integration/integration_helper'
 require 'chef/mixin/shell_out'
 
 describe "LWRPs with inline resources" do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include Chef::Mixin::ShellOut
 
   let(:chef_dir) { File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "..", "bin") }
@@ -19,22 +19,23 @@ describe "LWRPs with inline resources" do
   let(:chef_client) { "ruby #{chef_dir}/chef-client" }
 
   when_the_repository "has a cookbook with a nested LWRP" do
-  	directory 'cookbooks/x' do
+    before do
+      directory 'cookbooks/x' do
 
-      file 'resources/do_nothing.rb', <<EOM
+        file 'resources/do_nothing.rb', <<EOM
 actions :create, :nothing
 default_action :create
 EOM
-      file 'providers/do_nothing.rb', <<EOM
+        file 'providers/do_nothing.rb', <<EOM
 action :create do
 end
 EOM
 
-  	  file 'resources/my_machine.rb', <<EOM
+        file 'resources/my_machine.rb', <<EOM
 actions :create, :nothing
 default_action :create
 EOM
-      file 'providers/my_machine.rb', <<EOM
+        file 'providers/my_machine.rb', <<EOM
 use_inline_resources
 action :create do
   x_do_nothing 'a'
@@ -42,12 +43,13 @@ action :create do
 end
 EOM
 
-  	  file 'recipes/default.rb', <<EOM
+        file 'recipes/default.rb', <<EOM
 x_my_machine "me"
 x_my_machine "you"
 EOM
 
-  	end # directory 'cookbooks/x'
+      end # directory 'cookbooks/x'
+    end
 
     it "should complete with success" do
       file 'config/client.rb', <<EOM
diff --git a/spec/integration/solo/solo_spec.rb b/spec/integration/solo/solo_spec.rb
index 23ec8d0bad..b10ff379e2 100644
--- a/spec/integration/solo/solo_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/solo/solo_spec.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ require 'timeout'
 require 'fileutils'
 
 describe "chef-solo" do
-  extend IntegrationSupport
+  include IntegrationSupport
   include Chef::Mixin::ShellOut
 
   let(:chef_dir) { File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "..") }
 
   when_the_repository "has a cookbook with a basic recipe" do
-    file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-    file 'cookbooks/x/recipes/default.rb', 'puts "ITWORKS"'
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+      file 'cookbooks/x/recipes/default.rb', 'puts "ITWORKS"'
+    end
 
     it "should complete with success" do
       file 'config/solo.rb', <<EOM
@@ -43,11 +45,13 @@ E
   end
 
   when_the_repository "has a cookbook with an undeclared dependency" do
-    file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-    file 'cookbooks/x/recipes/default.rb', 'include_recipe "ancient::aliens"'
+    before do
+      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+      file 'cookbooks/x/recipes/default.rb', 'include_recipe "ancient::aliens"'
 
-    file 'cookbooks/ancient/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-    file 'cookbooks/ancient/recipes/aliens.rb', 'print "it was aliens"'
+      file 'cookbooks/ancient/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+      file 'cookbooks/ancient/recipes/aliens.rb', 'print "it was aliens"'
+    end
 
     it "should exit with an error" do
       file 'config/solo.rb', <<EOM
@@ -62,16 +66,19 @@ EOM
 
 
   when_the_repository "has a cookbook with a recipe with sleep" do
-    directory 'logs'
-    file 'logs/runs.log', ''
-    file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
-    file 'cookbooks/x/recipes/default.rb', <<EOM
+    before do
+      directory 'logs'
+      file 'logs/runs.log', ''
+      file 'cookbooks/x/metadata.rb', 'version "1.0.0"'
+      file 'cookbooks/x/recipes/default.rb', <<EOM
 ruby_block "sleeping" do
   block do
     sleep 5
   end
 end
 EOM
+    end
+
     # Ruby 1.8.7 doesn't have Process.spawn :(
     it "while running solo concurrently", :ruby_gte_19_only => true do
       file 'config/solo.rb', <<EOM