to_ini filter plugin: add no_extra_spaces parameter (#8576) (#12059)

* to_ini filter plugin: add no_extra_spaces parameter (#8576)

* Update changelogs/fragments/12059-to_ini_filter_add_no_extra_spaces_parameter.yml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update plugins/filter/to_ini.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update plugins/filter/to_ini.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update plugins/filter/to_ini.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* Update plugins/filter/to_ini.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

changelogs/fragments/12059-to_ini_filter_add_no_extra_spaces_parameter.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - to_ini filter plugin - add ``no_extra_spaces`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8576, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12059).

plugins/filter/to_ini.py

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ options:
     description: The dictionary that should be converted to the INI format.
     type: dictionary
     required: true
+  no_extra_spaces:
+    description:
+      - Do not insert spaces before and after V(=) symbol.
+    type: bool
+    default: false
+    version_added: 13.0.0
 seealso:
   - plugin: ansible.builtin.ini
     plugin_type: lookup
@@ -68,11 +74,13 @@ class IniParser(ConfigParser):
         self.optionxform = str
 
 
-def to_ini(obj):
+def to_ini(obj, *, no_extra_spaces=False):
     """Read the given dict and return an INI formatted string"""
 
     if not isinstance(obj, Mapping):
         raise AnsibleFilterError(f"to_ini requires a dict, got {type(obj)}")
+    if not isinstance(no_extra_spaces, bool):
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(f"no_extra_spaces must be a boolean, got {type(no_extra_spaces)}")
 
     ini_parser = IniParser()
 
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ def to_ini(obj):
         raise AnsibleFilterError("to_ini received an empty dict. An empty dict cannot be converted.")
 
     config = StringIO()
-    ini_parser.write(config)
+    ini_parser.write(config, space_around_delimiters=not no_extra_spaces)
 
     # config.getvalue() returns two \n at the end
     # with the below insanity, we remove the very last character of