chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::Provider.action

Defines an action method on the provider, running the block to compile the
resources, converging them, and then checking if any were updated (and
updating new-resource if so)

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git
cd chef
open lib/chef/provider.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Provider-action-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/provider.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::Provider.action"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Provider-action-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!