This patch allows the puppet single-executable to invoke external,
hyphenated subcommands, much like how git does.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Wolfe <[email protected]>
---
 lib/puppet/util.rb              |    1 +
 lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb |   15 ++++++++++++++-
 spec/unit/util/command_line.rb  |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/puppet/util.rb b/lib/puppet/util.rb
index e06d6e6..1069552 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/util.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require 'puppet/external/lock'
 
 module Puppet
     # A command failed to execute.
+    require 'puppet/error'
     class ExecutionFailure < Puppet::Error
     end
 module Util
diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb b/lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb
index e665698..9a676fa 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/command_line.rb
@@ -77,10 +77,23 @@ module Puppet
                     require File.join(self.class.appdir, subcommand_name)
                     Puppet::Application.find(subcommand_name).new(self).run
                 else
-                    abort "Error: Unknown command 
#{subcommand_name}.\n#{usage_message}"
+                    unless execute_external_subcommand
+                        abort "Error: Unknown command 
#{subcommand_name}.\n#{usage_message}"
+                    end
                 end
             end
 
+            def execute_external_subcommand
+                    external_command = "puppet-#{subcommand_name}"
+
+                    require 'puppet/util'
+                    path_to_subcommand = Puppet::Util.binary( external_command 
)
+                    return false unless path_to_subcommand
+
+                    system( path_to_subcommand, *args )
+                    true
+            end
+
             def legacy_executable_name
                 LegacyName[ subcommand_name ]
             end
diff --git a/spec/unit/util/command_line.rb b/spec/unit/util/command_line.rb
index e20f51a..bd80823 100644
--- a/spec/unit/util/command_line.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/util/command_line.rb
@@ -110,4 +110,26 @@ describe Puppet::Util::CommandLine do
         end
     end
 
+    describe "when the subcommand is not implemented" do
+        it "should find and invoke an executable with a hyphenated name" do
+            commandline = Puppet::Util::CommandLine.new("puppet", ['whatever', 
'argument'], @tty)
+            
Puppet::Util.expects(:binary).with('puppet-whatever').returns('/dev/null/puppet-whatever')
+            commandline.expects(:system).with('/dev/null/puppet-whatever', 
'argument')
+
+            commandline.execute
+        end
+
+        describe "and an external implementation cannot be found" do
+            it "should abort and show the usage message" do
+                commandline = Puppet::Util::CommandLine.new("puppet", 
['whatever', 'argument'], @tty)
+                
Puppet::Util.expects(:binary).with('puppet-whatever').returns(nil)
+                commandline.expects(:system).never
+
+                commandline.expects(:usage_message).returns("the usage 
message")
+                commandline.expects(:abort).with{|x| x =~ /the usage 
message/}.raises("stubbed abort")
+
+                lambda{ commandline.execute }.should raise_error('stubbed 
abort')
+            end
+        end
+    end
 end
-- 
1.7.0.4

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