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+"============================================================================
+"File:        foodcritic.vim
+"Description: Syntax checking plugin for syntastic.vim
+"Maintainer:  Doug Ireton <dougireton@gmail.com>
+"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
+"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
+"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
+"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
+"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+"
+"============================================================================
+
+if exists("g:loaded_syntastic_chef_foodcritic_checker")
+    finish
+endif
+let g:loaded_syntastic_chef_foodcritic_checker=1
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_chef_foodcritic_IsAvailable()
+    return executable('foodcritic')
+endfunction
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_chef_foodcritic_GetLocList()
+    let makeprg = syntastic#makeprg#build({
+          \ 'exe': 'foodcritic',
+          \ 'filetype': 'chef',
+          \ 'subchecker': 'foodcritic' })
+
+    " FC023: Prefer conditional attributes: ./recipes/config.rb:49
+    let errorformat = 'FC%n: %m: %f:%l'
+
+    return SyntasticMake({ 'makeprg': makeprg, 'errorformat': errorformat })
+endfunction
+
+call g:SyntasticRegistry.CreateAndRegisterChecker({
+      \ 'filetype': 'chef',
+      \ 'name': 'foodcritic'})