Add ChefCorrectness/UnnecessaryNameProperty

config/cookstyle.yml

@@ -208,6 +208,14 @@ ChefCorrectness/IncludingOhaiDefaultRecipe:
   Exclude:
     - '**/metadata.rb'
 
+ChefCorrectness/UnnecessaryNameProperty:
+  Description: There is no need to define a property named :name in a resource as Chef Infra defines that property for all resources out of the box.
+  Enabled: true
+  VersionAdded: '5.8.0'
+  Include:
+    - '**/resources/*.rb'
+    - '**/libraries/*.rb'
+
 ###############################
 # ChefDeprecations: Resolving Deprecations that block upgrading Chef Infra Client
 ###############################

lib/rubocop/cop/chef/correctness/unnecessary_name_property.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2019, Chef Software Inc.
+# Author:: Tim Smith (<tsmith@chef.io>)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+module RuboCop
+  module Cop
+    module Chef
+      module ChefCorrectness
+        # There is no need to define a property named :name in a resource as Chef Infra defines that property for all resources out of the box.
+        #
+        # @example
+        #
+        #   # bad
+        #   property :name, String
+        #   property :name, String, name_property: true
+        #
+        class UnnecessaryNameProperty < Cop
+          MSG = 'There is no need to define a property named :name in a resource as Chef Infra defines that property for all resources out of the box.'.freeze
+
+          def_node_matcher :name_property?, <<-PATTERN
+            (send nil? :property (sym :name) (const nil? :String) $...)
+          PATTERN
+
+          def on_send(node)
+            name_property?(node) do |hash_vals|
+              if hash_vals.empty? || (hash_vals.first.keys.count == 1 && hash_vals.first.keys.first.source == 'name_property')
+                add_offense(node, location: :expression, message: MSG, severity: :refactor)
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          def autocorrect(node)
+            lambda do |corrector|
+              corrector.remove(node.source_range)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/rubocop/cop/chef/correctness/unnecessary_name_property_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#
+# Copyright:: 2016, Chris Henry
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe RuboCop::Cop::Chef::ChefCorrectness::UnnecessaryNameProperty, :config do
+  subject(:cop) { described_class.new(config) }
+
+  #   property :name, String
+  #   property :name, String, name_property: true
+
+  it 'registers an offense when a resource has a property called name' do
+    expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+      property :name, String
+      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There is no need to define a property named :name in a resource as Chef Infra defines that property for all resources out of the box.
+    RUBY
+
+    expect_correction("\n")
+  end
+
+  it 'registers an offense when a resource has a property called name that is a name_property' do
+    expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+      property :name, String, name_property: true
+      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There is no need to define a property named :name in a resource as Chef Infra defines that property for all resources out of the box.
+    RUBY
+
+    expect_correction("\n")
+  end
+
+  it 'does not register an offense when when a resource defined the name property with a default value' do
+    expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+      property :name, String, default: ''
+    RUBY
+  end
+end