Feature request: "overlay" property similar to "override"

[ghost]

This issue was originally opened by @curiositycasualty as hashicorp/packer#7239. It was migrated here as a result of the Packer plugin split. The original body of the issue is below.

---

    {
      "node_name": "{{build_name}}-{{timestamp}}",
      "run_list": [
        "recipe[foo::recipe]"
      ],
      "overlay": {
        "alpha": {
          "run_list": [
            "recipe[bar::recipe]"
          ]
        }
      },
      "type": "chef-client"
    }

Would produce a chef provisioner with a "run_list" of "recipe[foo::recipe],recipe[bar::recipe]".

[curiositycasualty]

This is a general feature request not specific the chef provisioner.

[nywilken]

With the archival of this repository all open issues will be marked as read-only. If you wish to further discuss this plugin or any of its open issues we invite you to open a discussion on the Packer community forum.

More details on the plugin archiving process for this provisioner can be found on the Plans to Archive Unmaintained Packer Provisioner Plugins blog post.

[curiositycasualty]

@labkey-stuartm FYI: These changes to the packer chef provisioner plugin are likely to effect LabKey