Add error info if tabs are found in the yaml (#18343)

If a yaml file fails to load because of tabs being used
for formatting, detect that and show a error message
with more details.

test/units/parsing/test_data_loader.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from six import PY3
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
 from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch, mock_open
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
+from ansible.errors import yaml_strings
 
 from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
 
@@ -60,6 +61,17 @@ class TestDataLoader(unittest.TestCase):
         """, True)
         self.assertRaises(AnsibleParserError, self._loader.load_from_file, 'dummy_yaml_bad.txt')
 
+    @patch('ansible.errors.AnsibleError._get_error_lines_from_file')
+    @patch.object(DataLoader, '_get_file_contents')
+    def test_tab_error(self, mock_def, mock_get_error_lines):
+        mock_def.return_value = (u"""---\nhosts: localhost\nvars:\n  foo: bar\n\tblip: baz""", True)
+        mock_get_error_lines.return_value = ('''\tblip: baz''', '''..foo: bar''')
+        with self.assertRaises(AnsibleParserError) as cm:
+            self._loader.load_from_file('dummy_yaml_text.txt')
+        self.assertIn(yaml_strings.YAML_COMMON_LEADING_TAB_ERROR, str(cm.exception))
+        self.assertIn('foo: bar', str(cm.exception))
+
+
 class TestDataLoaderWithVault(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):

test/units/parsing/yaml/test_loader.py

@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ from units.mock.yaml_helper import YamlTestUtils
 
 try:
     from _yaml import ParserError
+    from _yaml import ScannerError
 except ImportError:
     from yaml.parser import ParserError
+    from yaml.scanner import ScannerError
 
 
 class NameStringIO(StringIO):
@@ -145,6 +147,11 @@ class TestAnsibleLoaderBasic(unittest.TestCase):
         loader = AnsibleLoader(stream, 'myfile.yml')
         self.assertRaises(ParserError, loader.get_single_data)
 
+    def test_tab_error(self):
+        stream = StringIO(u"""---\nhosts: localhost\nvars:\n  foo: bar\n\tblip: baz""")
+        loader = AnsibleLoader(stream, 'myfile.yml')
+        self.assertRaises(ScannerError, loader.get_single_data)
+
     def test_front_matter(self):
         stream = StringIO(u"""---\nfoo: bar""")
         loader = AnsibleLoader(stream, 'myfile.yml')