3 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
index d4cf23fce..622371a4e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
@@ -76,8 +76,15 @@ class Puppet::Interface::Action
     unless type.is_a? Symbol
       raise ArgumentError, "The rendering format must be a symbol, not #{type.class.name}"
     end
-    return unless @when_rendering.has_key? type
-    return @when_rendering[type].bind(@face)
+    # Do we have a rendering hook for this name?
+    return @when_rendering[type].bind(@face) if @when_rendering.has_key? type
+
+    # How about by another name?
+    alt = type.to_s.sub(/^to_/, '').to_sym
+    return @when_rendering[alt].bind(@face) if @when_rendering.has_key? alt
+
+    # Guess not, nothing to run.
+    return nil
   end
   def set_rendering_method_for(type, proc)
     unless proc.is_a? Proc
diff --git a/spec/lib/puppet/face/basetest.rb b/spec/lib/puppet/face/basetest.rb
index 41a4ef3f9..9398f5b2d 100755
--- a/spec/lib/puppet/face/basetest.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/puppet/face/basetest.rb
@@ -32,4 +32,10 @@ Puppet::Face.define(:basetest, '0.0.1') do
     summary "just raises an exception"
     when_invoked do |options| raise ArgumentError, "your failure" end
   end
+
+  action :with_s_rendering_hook do
+    summary "has a rendering hook for 's'"
+    when_invoked do |options| "this is not the hook you are looking for" end
+    when_rendering :s do |value| "you invoked the 's' rendering hook" end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/application/face_base_spec.rb b/spec/unit/application/face_base_spec.rb
index d8c970157..133e6b2e9 100755
--- a/spec/unit/application/face_base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/application/face_base_spec.rb
@@ -319,5 +319,13 @@ EOT
         expect { app.run }.to exit_with 0
       }.to have_printed(/--- 3/)
     end
+
+    it "should invoke when_rendering hook 's' when asked to render-as 's'" do
+      app.command_line.stubs(:args).returns %w{with_s_rendering_hook --render-as s}
+      app.action = app.face.get_action(:with_s_rendering_hook)
+      expect {
+        expect { app.run }.to exit_with 0
+      }.to have_printed(/you invoked the 's' rendering hook/)
+    end
   end
 end