* merge_variables: extended merge capabilities added
This extension gives you more control over the variable merging process of the lookup plugin `merge_variables`. It closes the gap between Puppet's Hiera merging capabilities and the limitations of Ansible's default variable plugin `host_group_vars` regarding fragment-based value definition. You can now decide which merge strategy should be applied to dicts, lists, and other types. Furthermore, you can specify a merge strategy that should be applied in case of type conflicts.
The default behavior of the plugin has been preserved so that it is fully backward-compatible with the already implemented state.
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* Update changelogs/fragments/11536-merge-variables-extended-merging-capabilities.yml
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
* Update plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
* Periods added at the end of each choice description
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* Update plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
Co-authored-by: Mark <40321020+m-a-r-k-e@users.noreply.github.com>
* ref: follow project standard for choice descriptions
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* ref: more examples added and refactoring
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* Update plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
* ref: some more comments to examples added
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* fix: unused import removed
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* ref: re-add "merge" to strategy map
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* Update comments
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* Specification of transformations solely as string
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* Comments updated
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* ref: `append_rp` and `prepend_rp` removed
feat: options dict for list transformations re-added
feat: allow setting `keep` for dedup transformation with possible values: `first` (default) and `last`
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* ref: improve options documentation
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* ref: documentation improved, avoiding words like newer or older in merge description
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* Update plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
* ref: "prio" replaced by "dict"
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
* feat: two integration tests added
Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
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Signed-off-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
Co-authored-by: Fiehe Christoph <c.fiehe@eurodata.de>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
Co-authored-by: Mark <40321020+m-a-r-k-e@users.noreply.github.com>
