x.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

def get_files(url, file, destination)
  case File.extname(file)
  when ".tar.gz", ".zip"
    unpack_archive(url, file, description)
  when ".git"
    git "destination" do
      repository "#{url}/#{file}"
      reference "master"
      user node["apache"]["user"]
      action :sync
    end
  else
    raise ArgumentError, "dunno how to handle #{file}"
  end
end