chef push with a ruby syntax error isn't helpful

[silverl]

Description

One of my cookbooks had a syntax error. I ran a chef push to my chef server, and it came back with [2018-07-24T13:48:47-05:00] FATAL: Cookbook file has a ruby syntax error:

The response didn't offer any idea where the syntax error occurred.

ChefDK Version

3.1.0

Platform Version

Windows 10 Enterprise 1803 17134.167

Replication Case

Create a Policyfile-based cookbook that has a syntax error.
Attempt to upload it to a chef server using chef push

Stacktrace

Lockfile written to C:/Code/devops-chef/cookbooks/trackabout_app_server/Policyfile.lock.json
Policy revision id: 94fb0efe4e1a1d1a4c1ade90910f137a380ef31e9d4157b9d134daaa2b95042a
Uploading policy to policy group azure_qa
[2018-07-24T13:48:47-05:00] FATAL: Cookbook file  has a ruby syntax error:

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[afiune]

We would like to move this issue to either the chef-cli or the chef-workstation repo. @jonsmorrow @tyler-ball Could you move it, please?

[tyler-ball]

Hey @silverl - sorry it took so long to respond but we are trying to get all our existing issues triaged.

It certainly looks like there should be more information after the end of that message (the hanging : implies it). Have you tried this with the latest version of Chef Workstation?

[silverl]

Sorry, after this started happening I created a local script which syntax checks everything before pushing the policy. Solved my own problem, anyway.