The new feature in 1.4.0 is encrypted data bag support, contributed by Phil Kates.
That was one of the most prominent remaining features that were missing, and one that can be quite handy when storing sensitive information in the kitchen repo.
Full changelog on
https://github.com/tobami/littlechef/blob/master/CHANGELOGVersion 1.4.0 December 27, 2012
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New features:
* #64: dnedbaylo added support for following symlinks on rsync
* #96: philk added support for Encrypted data bags
Bugs fixed:
* winhamwr changed roles handling so that `default_attributes` and
`override_attributes` are no longer required in JSON role definitions.
* #124: pawelpacana fixed LittleChef not passing ssh_config to fabric
* #128: cburyta updated the yum epel repo url
* #130: dnedbaylo made the "node" command use the user name in the node connection
string, making it consistent with what fabric does for "recipe" and "role"