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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index 33e405d273..30c5d0893e 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -1,5 +1,18 @@ # Chef Client Release Notes 12.0.0: +## Knife Prefers `config.rb` to `knife.rb`. + +Knife will now look for `config.rb` in preference to `knife.rb` for its +configuration file. The syntax and configuration options available in +`config.rb` are identical to `knife.rb`. Also, the search path for +configuration files is unchanged. + +At this time, it is _recommended_ that users use `config.rb` instead of +`knife.rb`, but `knife.rb` is not deprecated; no warning will be emitted +when using `knife.rb`. Once third-party application developers have had +sufficient time to adapt to the change, `knife.rb` will become +deprecated and config.rb will be preferred. + ## Boostrap Changes Chef Client 12 introduces a set of changes to `knife bootstrap`. Here is the list of changes: |