Hobo boot process loads the UUID as VM object rather than the raw UUID.

lib/hobo/env.rb

@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ module Hobo
     }
 
     # Initialize class variables used
-    @@persisted_uuid = nil
+    @@persisted_vm = nil
     @@root_path = nil
 
     class << self
-      def persisted_uuid; @@persisted_uuid; end
+      def persisted_vm; @@persisted_vm; end
       def root_path; @@root_path; end
       def dotfile_path; File.join(root_path, Hobo.config[:dotfile_name]); end
 
       def load!
         load_root_path!
         load_config!
-        load_uuid!
+        load_vm!
       end
 
       def ensure_directories
@@ -46,17 +46,17 @@ module Hobo
         Hobo.config!(parsed)
       end
 
-      def load_uuid!
+      def load_vm!
         File.open(dotfile_path) do |f|
-          @@persisted_uuid = f.read
+          @@persisted_vm = VirtualBox::VM.find(f.read)
         end
       rescue Errno::ENOENT
-        @@persisted_uuid = nil
+        @@persisted_vm = nil
       end
 
-      def persist_uuid(uuid)
+      def persist_vm(vm)
         File.open(dotfile_path, 'w+') do |f|
-          f.write(uuid)
+          f.write(vm.uuid)
         end
       end
 

lib/hobo/vm.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Hobo
       # provisions it.
       def up
         vm = import
-        persist_uuid(vm)
+        persist_vm(vm)
         setup_mac_address(vm)
         forward_ssh(vm)
         setup_shared_folder(vm)
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ module Hobo
         VirtualBox::VM.import(File.expand_path(Hobo.config[:vm][:base]))
       end
 
-      def persist_uuid(vm)
+      def persist_vm(vm)
         HOBO_LOGGER.info "Persisting the VM UUID (#{vm.uuid})..."
-        Env.persist_uuid(vm.uuid)
+        Env.persist_vm(vm)
       end
 
       def setup_mac_address(vm)

test/hobo/env_test.rb

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class EnvTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   context "initial load" do
     test "load! should load the config and set the persisted_uid" do
       Hobo::Env.expects(:load_config!).once
-      Hobo::Env.expects(:load_uuid!).once
+      Hobo::Env.expects(:load_vm!).once
       Hobo::Env.expects(:load_root_path!).once
       Hobo::Env.load!
     end
@@ -79,18 +79,19 @@ class EnvTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  context "persisting the UUID into a file" do
+  context "persisting the VM into a file" do
     setup do
       Hobo.config! hobo_mock_config
     end
 
     test "should save it to the dotfile path" do
-      uuid = "foo"
+      vm = mock("vm")
+      vm.stubs(:uuid).returns("foo")
 
       filemock = mock("filemock")
-      filemock.expects(:write).with(uuid)
+      filemock.expects(:write).with(vm.uuid)
       File.expects(:open).with(Hobo::Env.dotfile_path, 'w+').once.yields(filemock)
-      Hobo::Env.persist_uuid(uuid)
+      Hobo::Env.persist_vm(vm)
     end
   end
 
@@ -100,17 +101,19 @@ class EnvTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     test "loading of the uuid from the dotfile" do
+      VirtualBox::VM.expects(:find).with("foo").returns("foovm")
+
       filemock = mock("filemock")
       filemock.expects(:read).returns("foo")
       File.expects(:open).with(Hobo::Env.dotfile_path).once.yields(filemock)
-      Hobo::Env.load_uuid!
+      Hobo::Env.load_vm!
-      assert_equal Hobo::Env.persisted_uuid, 'foo'
+      assert_equal 'foovm', Hobo::Env.persisted_vm
     end
 
     test "uuid should be nil if dotfile didn't exist" do
       File.expects(:open).raises(Errno::ENOENT)
-      Hobo::Env.load_uuid!
+      Hobo::Env.load_vm!
-      assert_nil Hobo::Env.persisted_uuid
+      assert_nil Hobo::Env.persisted_vm
     end
 
     test "should build up the dotfile out of the root path and the dotfile name" do

test/hobo/vm_test.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class VMTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     should "create the instance in the proper order" do
       create_seq = sequence("create_seq")
       Hobo::VM.expects(:import).in_sequence(create_seq)
-      Hobo::VM.expects(:persist_uuid).in_sequence(create_seq)
+      Hobo::VM.expects(:persist_vm).in_sequence(create_seq)
       Hobo::VM.expects(:setup_mac_address).in_sequence(create_seq)
       Hobo::VM.expects(:forward_ssh).in_sequence(create_seq)
       Hobo::VM.expects(:setup_shared_folder).in_sequence(create_seq)
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ class VMTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  context "persisting UUID" do
+  context "persisting VM" do
-    should "persist the UUID with Env" do
+    should "persist the VM with Env" do
-      @vm.stubs(:uuid).returns("FOO")
+      @vm.stubs(:uuid)
-      Hobo::Env.expects(:persist_uuid).with(@vm.uuid).once
+      Hobo::Env.expects(:persist_vm).with(@vm).once
-      Hobo::VM.persist_uuid(@vm)
+      Hobo::VM.persist_vm(@vm)
     end
   end