From 254370104035314eaa3f9f93b5a02e61bc8ef070 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 23:17:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ref: re-add "merge" to strategy map

Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph  <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
---
 plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py b/plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
index 23ec818251..c56a2d36f1 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ class DictMergeStrategies(MergeStrategies):
 
     strategies = {
         "deep": Merge,
+        "merge": Merge,
         "replace": BaseMergeStrategies.Replace,
         "keep": BaseMergeStrategies.Keep,
     }