config.rb in cloud-mu-3.1.1

- old
+ new

@@ -346,11 +346,11 @@
           @mommacat = MU::MommaCat.getLitter(@deploy_id, set_context_to_me: false)
         elsif @mommacat and !@deploy_id
           @deploy_id = @mommacat.deploy_id
         end
 
-        kitten if @mommacat # try to populate the actual cloud object for this
+        kitten(shallow: true) if @mommacat # try to populate the actual cloud object for this
       end
 
       # Comparison operator
       def <=>(other)
         return 1 if other.nil?
@@ -474,11 +474,11 @@
 
       # Return a {MU::Cloud} object for this reference. This is only meant to be
       # called in a live deploy, which is to say that if called during initial
       # configuration parsing, results may be incorrect.
       # @param mommacat [MU::MommaCat]: A deploy object which will be searched for the referenced resource if provided, before restoring to broader, less efficient searches.
-      def kitten(mommacat = @mommacat)
+      def kitten(mommacat = @mommacat, shallow: false)
         return nil if !@cloud or !@type
 
         if @obj
           @deploy_id ||= @obj.deploy_id
           @id ||= @obj.cloud_id
@@ -507,11 +507,11 @@
           else
 #            MU.log "Failed to find a live '#{@type.to_s}' object named #{@name}#{@id ? " (#{@id})" : "" }#{ @habitat ? " in habitat #{@habitat}" : "" }", MU::WARN, details: self
           end
         end
 
-        if !@obj and !(@cloud == "Google" and @id and @type == "users" and MU::Cloud::Google::User.cannedServiceAcctName?(@id))
+        if !@obj and !(@cloud == "Google" and @id and @type == "users" and MU::Cloud::Google::User.cannedServiceAcctName?(@id)) and !shallow
 
           begin
             hab_arg = if @habitat.nil?
               [nil]
             elsif @habitat.is_a?(MU::Config::Ref)
@@ -1654,10 +1654,10 @@
 
           descriptor['#MU_VALIDATED'] = true
         end
       end
 
-      descriptor["dependencies"].uniq!
+      descriptor["dependencies"].uniq! if descriptor["dependencies"]
 
       @kittencfg_semaphore.synchronize {
         @kittens[cfg_plural] << descriptor if append
       }
 