Show all the places where you have multiple cookbooks that shadow each other.

shadow-check.rb

# Show all the places where you have multiple cookbooks that shadow each other.
#
# Run this as:
#
# knife exec shadow-check.rb

config = Chef::Config

cookbook_loader = begin
  Chef::Cookbook::FileVendor.on_create { |manifest| Chef::Cookbook::FileSystemFileVendor.new(manifest, config[:cookbook_path]) }
  Chef::CookbookLoader.new(config[:cookbook_path])
end

ui = Chef::Knife::UI.new($stdout, $stderr, $stdin, {})

cookbook_loader.load_cookbooks

if cookbook_loader.merged_cookbooks.empty?
  ui.msg "cookbooks ok"
else
  ui.warn "* " * 40
  ui.warn(<<-WARNING)
The cookbooks: #{cookbook_loader.merged_cookbooks.join(', ')} exist in multiple places in your cookbook_path.
A composite version of these cookbooks has been compiled for uploading.

#{ui.color('IMPORTANT:', :red, :bold)} In a future version of Chef, this behavior will be removed and you will no longer
be able to have the same version of a cookbook in multiple places in your cookbook_path.
WARNING
  ui.warn "The affected cookbooks are located:"
  ui.output ui.format_for_display(cookbook_loader.merged_cookbook_paths)
  ui.warn "* " * 40
end