2 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/action_manager.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/action_manager.rb
index fbf588d7d..5c9af4f96 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/action_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/action_manager.rb
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ module Puppet::Interface::ActionManager
     require 'puppet/interface/action_builder'
 
     @actions ||= {}
-    @default_action ||= nil
     raise "Action #{name} already defined for #{self}" if action?(name)
+
     action = Puppet::Interface::ActionBuilder.build(self, name, &block)
-    if action.default
-      raise "Actions #{@default_action.name} and #{name} cannot both be default" if @default_action
-      @default_action = action
+
+    if action.default and current = get_default_action
+      raise "Actions #{current.name} and #{name} cannot both be default"
     end
+
     @actions[action.name] = action
   end
 
@@ -61,7 +62,11 @@ module Puppet::Interface::ActionManager
   end
 
   def get_default_action
-    @default_action
+    default = actions.map {|x| get_action(x) }.select {|x| x.default }
+    if default.length > 1
+      raise "The actions #{default.map(&:name).join(", ")} cannot all be default"
+    end
+    default.first
   end
 
   def action?(name)
diff --git a/spec/unit/interface/action_spec.rb b/spec/unit/interface/action_spec.rb
index dbbf84778..d71a7d000 100755
--- a/spec/unit/interface/action_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/interface/action_spec.rb
@@ -597,4 +597,22 @@ describe Puppet::Interface::Action do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context "runtime manipulations" do
+    subject do
+      Puppet::Interface.new(:runtime_manipulations, '1.0.0') do
+        action :foo do
+          when_invoked do |options| options end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    let :action do subject.get_action :foo end
+
+    it "should be the face default action if default is set true" do
+      subject.get_default_action.should be_nil
+      action.default = true
+      subject.get_default_action.should == action
+    end
+  end
 end