Nextdoor/public_cookbooks — pull request #1 by diranged (2014-03-04 06:19:56+00:00)
Title: Allow the stock /etc/puppet/puppet.conf to be loaded up if its already there

Bypassing the /etc/puppet/puppet.conf has unintended consequences -- files get put into non-standard locations because there aren't good defined settings for the platform. Make sure to allow its use if the file exists.