(MODULES-5651) Do not append infinitely

https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/MODULES-5003 gave rise to
#788 and
#794 which caused
different behavior based on whether the line value was matched by the
match regex or not.

This resolves the behavior by adding a new parameter to control whether
multiple matches should universally be replaced by the line value, or
whether matches should be left alone when the line exists elsewhere in
the file.

This problem only affects modifying multiple lines when the line already
exists.

I also revised many of the tests and some of the documentation where
wrong or ambiguous.

Author: hunner

README.md

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Values: String.
 
 ##### `match`
 
-Specifies a regular expression to compare against existing lines in the file; if a match is found, it is replaced rather than adding a new line. A regex comparison is performed against the line value, and if it does not match, an exception is raised.
+Specifies a regular expression to compare against existing lines in the file; if a match is found, it is replaced rather than adding a new line.
 
 Values: String containing a regex.
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Default value: `false`.
 
 ##### `multiple`
 
-Specifies whether `match` and `after` can change multiple lines. If set to `false`, an exception is raised if more than one line matches.
+Specifies whether `match` and `after` can change multiple lines. If set to `false`, allows file\_line to replace only one line and raises an error if more than one will be replaced. If set to `true`, allows file\_line to replace one or more lines.
 
 Values: `true`, `false`.
 
@@ -261,12 +261,20 @@ Value: String specifying an absolute path to the file.
 
 ##### `replace`
 
-Specifies whether the resource overwrites an existing line that matches the `match` parameter. If set to `false` and a line is found matching the `match` parameter, the line is not placed in the file.
+Specifies whether the resource overwrites an existing line that matches the `match` parameter when `line` does not otherwise exist.
+
+If set to `false` and a line is found matching the `match` parameter, the line is not placed in the file.
 
 Boolean.
 
 Default value: `true`.
 
+##### `replace_all_matches_not_matching_line`
+
+Replace all lines matched by `match` parameter, even if `line` already exists in the file.
+
+Default value: `false`.
+
 ### Data types
 
 #### `Stdlib::Absolutepath`

lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb

@@ -12,12 +12,66 @@ def exists?
       found = lines_count > 0
     else
       match_count = count_matches(new_match_regex)
-      if resource[:append_on_no_match].to_s == 'false'
-        found = true
-      elsif resource[:replace].to_s == 'true'
-        found = lines_count > 0 && lines_count == match_count
+      # conditions: match, line, append, replace, replace_all_matches_not_matching_line
+      # values      int    int   t/f     t/f      t/f
+      # cases:
+      # - false replace,  true replace_all_matches_not_matching_line => error (handled in type)
+      # - false multiple, true replace_all_matches_not_matching_line => error (handled in type)
+      #
+      #
+      #
+      # - zero match matches, zero line matches, and false append                           => leave it
+      # - zero match matches, zero line matches, and true  append                           => append
+      # - zero match matches, any  line matches                                             => leave it
+      # - any  match matches, zero line matches, and false replace                          => leave it
+      # - any  match matches, zero line matches, and true  replace                          => replace
+      # - any  match matches,                   true  replace_all_matches_not_matching_line => replace
+      # - any  match matches,                   false replace_all_matches_not_matching_line => go with old behavior
+      if resource[:ensure] == :present
+        if match_count == 0
+          if lines_count == 0
+            if resource[:append_on_no_match].to_s == 'false'
+              found = true # lies
+            else
+              found = false
+            end
+          else
+            found = true
+          end
+        else
+          if resource[:replace_all_matches_not_matching_line].to_s == 'true'
+            # there are matches, and replace_all_matches_not_matching_line is true so we want to replace all matches that don't match line... at this point we only get matches if they DONT match line because count_matches takes this into account and will only tell us if it found matches OTHER than line
+            found = false # unknown lies if the match matches line, otherwise lies
+          else
+            if lines_count == 0
+              if resource[:replace].to_s == 'false'
+                found = true
+              else
+                found = false
+              end
+            else
+              found = true
+            end
+          end
+        end
       else
-        found = match_count > 0
+        if match_count == 0
+          if lines_count == 0
+            found = false
+          else
+            found = true
+          end
+        else
+          if lines_count == 0
+            if resource[:match_for_absence].to_s == 'true'
+              found = true
+            else
+              found = false
+            end
+          else
+            found = true
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
     found
@@ -68,7 +122,13 @@ def new_match_regex
   end
 
   def count_matches(regex)
-    lines.select{ |line| line.match(regex) }.size
+    lines.select do |line|
+      if resource[:replace_all_matches_not_matching_line].to_s == 'true'
+        line.match(regex) unless line.chomp == resource[:line]
+      else
+        line.match(regex)
+      end
+    end.size
   end
 
   def handle_create_with_match()
@@ -140,8 +200,9 @@ def handle_destroy_line
   end
 
   def handle_append_line
+    local_lines = lines
     File.open(resource[:path],'w') do |fh|
-      lines.each do |line|
+      local_lines.each do |line|
         fh.puts(line)
       end
       fh.puts(resource[:line])

lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb

@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ def retrieve
     defaultto true
   end
 
+  newparam(:replace_all_matches_not_matching_line) do
+    desc 'Configures the behavior of replacing all lines in a file which match the `match` parameter regular expression, regardless of whether the specified line is already present in the file.'
+
+    newvalues(true, false)
+    defaultto false
+  end
+
   newparam(:encoding) do
     desc 'For files that are not UTF-8 encoded, specify encoding such as iso-8859-1'
     defaultto 'UTF-8'
@@ -168,6 +175,12 @@ def retrieve
   end
 
   validate do
+    if self[:replace_all_matches_not_matching_line].to_s == 'true' and self[:multiple].to_s == 'false'
+      raise(Puppet::Error, "multiple must be true when replace_all_matches_not_matching_line is true")
+    end
+    if self[:replace_all_matches_not_matching_line].to_s == 'true' and self[:replace].to_s == 'false'
+      raise(Puppet::Error, "replace must be true when replace_all_matches_not_matching_line is true")
+    end
     unless self[:line]
       unless (self[:ensure].to_s == 'absent') and (self[:match_for_absence].to_s == 'true') and self[:match]
         raise(Puppet::Error, "line is a required attribute")