Hello Brian,
I just tested the above with a freshly installed ansible==1.9.1, and the
problem seems to be still here.
I played the example posted above accompanied with a simple ansible.cfg:
```
[defaults]
hash_behaviour = merge
```
Cant you reproduce it?
On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 8:41:33 PM UTC+3, Brian Coca wrote:
>
> there was a but in 1.8 with hash_merge, have you tried in 1.9?
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Michail Alexakis <drma...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
> > Hello Adam,
> >
> > I allready have set it to "merge", actually that's the reason i posted
> this
> > question (because it doesn't seem to merge).
> > Have you tried the example above? I tested it under ansible==1.8.4.
> Maybe i
> > am missing something obvious.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 7:41:11 PM UTC+3, Adam Hamsik wrote:
> >>
> >> Have a look at hash_behaviour in ansible.cfg and set it to merge. But
> be
> >> aware that it's usually sign of bad design.
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:56:52 PM UTC+2, Michail Alexakis wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> any answer to this question?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 9:51:13 PM UTC+3, Michail Alexakis wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello list,
> >>>>
> >>>> I have encountered some not expected results when i tried to include
> >>>> (with include_vars) multiple var files in the beginning of a play.
> >>>>
> >>>> I normally use the "merge" hash behavior (ansible.cfg) because it
> seems
> >>>> more natural to me: i usually have highly nested variable dicts
> >>>> and i wish to add or override just parts of them based on the
> group/host
> >>>> hierarchy.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now, i tried to include some variables in the beginning of a play (at
> >>>> "pre_tasks" phase, but i don't thing it's relevant), to override some
> >>>> parts of existing dicts with piece of information regarding other
> >>>> present hosts (e.g. IPs for standby servers). It didn't succeed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Consider the following example:
> >>>>
> >>>> ```
> >>>> # vars file: play_vars/baz-a.yml
> >>>> baz:
> >>>> a: 1
> >>>> ```
> >>>>
> >>>> ```
> >>>> # vars file: play_vars/baz-b.yml
> >>>> baz:
> >>>> b: 2
> >>>> ```
> >>>>
> >>>> ```
> >>>> ---
> >>>> # playbook: play.yml
> >>>> - hosts: all
> >>>>
> >>>> pre_tasks:
> >>>> - include_vars: play_vars/baz-a.yml
> >>>> - include_vars: play_vars/baz-b.yml
> >>>>
> >>>> tasks:
> >>>> - debug: var=baz
> >>>> ```
> >>>>
> >>>> When playing play.yml, i get: "baz": {"b": 2} while expecting "baz":
> >>>> {"a":1, "b":2}.
> >>>> Is this normal? Note, this is happening under hash_behavior=merge.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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