From b8c5a58b7f73ed546901a0bb7353c706aa4f01d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:33:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid running through the legacy template code if no dollar
 signs are in strings.

---
 lib/ansible/utils/template.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/template.py b/lib/ansible/utils/template.py
index 6ee619fa86..78d71a9518 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/template.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/template.py
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ def template(basedir, varname, vars, lookup_fatal=True, depth=0, expand_lists=Tr
     if isinstance(varname, basestring):
         if '{{' in varname or '{%' in varname:
             varname = template_from_string(basedir, varname, vars)
+        if not '$' in varname:
+            return varname
 
         m = _legacy_varFind(basedir, varname, vars, lookup_fatal, depth, expand_lists)
         if not m: