puppet/face/parser $confdir

rake.out

Could not parse for environment production: Error converting value for param 'modulepath': Could not find value for $confdir at /Users/dcarley/projects/puppet/manifests/site.pp:17

Rakefile

require 'puppet/face'

desc "Check for puppet syntax errors"
task :syntax do
  puts '---> Checking puppet syntax'

  def validate_manifest(file)
    Puppet::Face[:parser, :current].validate(file)
  end

  errors = []
  matched_files = FileList["manifests/**/*.pp", "modules/**/*.pp"]
  matched_files.each do |puppet_file|
    begin
      validate_manifest(puppet_file)
    rescue => error
      errors << error
    end
  end

  fail errors.join("\n") unless errors.empty?
end

task :default => [:syntax]