Fix issue with puppet mounting shared folder as subfolder of another, causing spurious folder creation on the host

lib/vagrant/provisioners/puppet.rb

@@ -77,12 +77,11 @@ module Vagrant
 
       def provision!
         verify_binary("puppet")
-        create_pp_path
         run_puppet_client
       end
 
       def share_manifests
-        env.config.vm.share_folder("manifests", config.pp_path, config.manifests_path)
+        env.config.vm.share_folder("manifests", manifests_guest_path, config.expanded_manifests_path)
       end
 
       def share_module_paths
@@ -102,26 +101,23 @@ module Vagrant
         end
       end
 
+      def manifests_guest_path
+        File.join(config.pp_path, "manifests")
+      end
+
       def verify_binary(binary)
         vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
           ssh.exec!("sudo -i which #{binary}", :error_class => PuppetError, :_key => :puppet_not_detected, :binary => binary)
         end
       end
 
-      def create_pp_path
-        vm.ssh.execute do |ssh|
-          ssh.exec!("sudo mkdir -p #{config.pp_path}")
-          ssh.exec!("sudo chown #{env.config.ssh.username} #{config.pp_path}")
-        end
-      end
-
       def run_puppet_client
         options = [config.options].flatten
         options << "--modulepath '#{@module_paths.values.join(':')}'" if !@module_paths.empty?
         options << config.computed_manifest_file
         options = options.join(" ")
 
-        command = "sudo -i 'cd #{config.pp_path}; puppet #{options}'"
+        command = "sudo -i 'cd #{manifests_guest_path}; puppet #{options}'"
 
         env.ui.info I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.puppet.running_puppet", :manifest => config.computed_manifest_file)
 

test/vagrant/provisioners/puppet_test.rb

@@ -106,22 +106,14 @@ class PuppetProvisionerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     should "run the proper sequence of methods in order" do
       prov_seq = sequence("prov_seq")
       @action.expects(:verify_binary).with("puppet").once.in_sequence(prov_seq)
-      @action.expects(:create_pp_path).once.in_sequence(prov_seq)
       @action.expects(:run_puppet_client).once.in_sequence(prov_seq)
       @action.provision!
     end
   end
 
   context "share manifests folder" do
-    setup do
-      @manifests_path = "manifests"
-      @pp_path = "/tmp/vagrant-puppet"
-      @action.stubs(:manifests_path).returns(@manifests_path)
-      @action.stubs(:pp_path).returns(@pp_path)
-    end
-
     should "share manifest folder" do
-      @env.config.vm.expects(:share_folder).with("manifests", @pp_path, @manifests_path)
+      @env.config.vm.expects(:share_folder).with("manifests", @action.manifests_guest_path, @config.expanded_manifests_path)
       @action.share_manifests
     end
   end
@@ -151,17 +143,6 @@ class PuppetProvisionerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  context "create pp path" do
-    should "create and chown the folder to the ssh user" do
-      ssh_seq = sequence("ssh_seq")
-      ssh = mock("ssh")
-      ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo mkdir -p #{@config.pp_path}").once.in_sequence(ssh_seq)
-      ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo chown #{@env.config.ssh.username} #{@config.pp_path}").once.in_sequence(ssh_seq)
-      @vm.ssh.expects(:execute).yields(ssh)
-      @action.create_pp_path
-    end
-  end
-
   context "running puppet client" do
     setup do
       @ssh = mock("ssh")
@@ -170,7 +151,7 @@ class PuppetProvisionerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     def expect_puppet_command(command)
-      @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo -i 'cd #{@config.pp_path}; #{command}'")
+      @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo -i 'cd #{@action.manifests_guest_path}; #{command}'")
     end
 
     should "cd into the pp_path directory and run puppet" do