added toggle to control vars plugin behviour

this should allow user to control how they want the playbook dirs inspected
for additional vars, default now reverts to 2.3 behaviour (top).
corrected paths order
minor doc reword
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Brian Coca 2017-10-02 12:13:18 -04:00 committed by Brian Coca
parent adcd185273
commit 7d49b27218
3 changed files with 37 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -234,16 +234,26 @@ class VariableManager:
for role in play.get_roles():
all_vars = combine_vars(all_vars, role.get_default_vars())
# if we have a task in this context, and that task has a role, make
# sure it sees its defaults above any other roles, as we previously
# (v1) made sure each task had a copy of its roles default vars
if task and task._role is not None and (play or task.action == 'include_role'):
all_vars = combine_vars(all_vars, task._role.get_default_vars(dep_chain=task.get_dep_chain()))
basedirs = []
if task:
# set basedirs
if C.PLAYBOOK_VARS_ROOT == 'all': # should be default
basedirs = task.get_search_path()
elif C.PLAYBOOK_VARS_ROOT == 'top': # only option pre 2.3
basedirs = [self._loader.get_basedir()]
elif C.PLAYBOOK_VARS_ROOT in ('bottom', 'playbook_dir'): # only option in 2.4.0
basedirs = [task.get_search_path()[0]]
else:
raise AnsibleError('Unkown playbook vars logic: %s' % C.PLAYBOOK_VARS_ROOT)
# if we have a task in this context, and that task has a role, make
# sure it sees its defaults above any other roles, as we previously
# (v1) made sure each task had a copy of its roles default vars
if task._role is not None and (play or task.action == 'include_role'):
all_vars = combine_vars(all_vars, task._role.get_default_vars(dep_chain=task.get_dep_chain()))
if host:
# INIT WORK (use unsafe as we are going to copy/merge vars, no need to x2 copy)
# basedir, THE 'all' group and the rest of groups for a host, used below
basedir = self._loader.get_basedir()
# THE 'all' group and the rest of groups for a host, used below
all_group = self._inventory.groups.get('all')
host_groups = sort_groups([g for g in host.get_groups() if g.name not in ['all']])
@ -283,7 +293,8 @@ class VariableManager:
''' merges all entities adjacent to play '''
data = {}
for plugin in vars_loader.all():
data = combine_vars(data, _get_plugin_vars(plugin, basedir, entities))
for path in basedirs:
data = combine_vars(data, _get_plugin_vars(plugin, path, entities))
return data
# configurable functions that are sortable via config, rememer to add to _ALLOWED if expanding this list