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ref: documentation improved, avoiding words like newer or older in merge description

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Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
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Fiehe Christoph 2026-03-09 23:00:56 +01:00
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plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
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@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ options:
choices:
deep: Merge dictionaries recursively.
shallow: Merge only top-level values.
replace: Overwrite older dict with newer one.
keep: Discard newer dict.
replace: Overwrite existing dictionaries.
keep: Keep existing dictionaries.
version_added: 12.5.0
list_merge:
description:
@ -84,35 +84,36 @@ options:
type: str
default: append
choices:
replace: Overwrite older entries with newer ones.
keep: Discard newer entries.
append: Append newer entries to the older ones.
prepend: Insert newer entries in front of the older ones.
merge: Take the index as key and merge the entries.
replace: Overwrite existing lists.
keep: Keep existing lists.
append: Append elements to the end of an existing list.
prepend: Insert elements at the beginning of an existing list.
merge: Take the index as key and merge each element.
version_added: 12.5.0
type_conflict_merge:
description:
- Merge strategy to apply on type conflicts. This value is only considered in case of
O(override=warn) or O(override=ignore).
- Merge strategy to apply on type conflicts.
- This value is only considered in case of O(override=warn) or O(override=ignore).
type: str
default: replace
choices:
replace: Overwrite older value with newer one.
keep: Discard newer value.
replace: Overwrite existing values.
keep: Keep existing values.
version_added: 12.5.0
default_merge:
description:
- Merge strategy applied to other types. This value is only considered in case of
O(override=warn) or O(override=ignore).
- Merge strategy applied to other types.
- This value is only considered in case of O(override=warn) or O(override=ignore).
type: str
default: replace
choices:
replace: Overwrite older value with newer one.
keep: Discard newer value.
replace: Overwrite existing values.
keep: Keep existing values.
version_added: 12.5.0
list_transformations:
description:
- List transformations applied to list types. The definition order corresponds to the order in which these transformations are applied.
- List transformations applied to list types.
- The definition order corresponds to the order in which these transformations are applied.
- Elements can be a dict with the keys mentioned below or a string naming the transformation to apply.
type: list
elements: raw
@ -207,8 +208,8 @@ example_b: "{{ lookup('community.general.merge_variables', '^.+__test_list$', in
# - "test a item 1"
# - "test b item 1"
# Shallow merge variables that end with '__test', insert newer list elements in front of older ones,
# remove duplicates from lists, and store the result in a variable 'example_c'
# Shallow merge variables that end with '__test', insert list elements at the beginning of the list,
# remove duplicates from lists (keep the first occurrence), and store the result in a variable 'example_c'
example_c: "{{
lookup(
'community.general.merge_variables',