I started reading the code and I agree it is a feature. I would recommend
looking at this file to see how the playbook treats each option. Very
informative:
ansible/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
if runtask_opts:
parser.add_option('-e', '--extra-vars', dest="extra_vars",
action="append",
help="set additional variables as key=value or YAML/JSON",
default=[])
On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 3:50:38 PM UTC-6, Joanna Delaporte wrote:
>
> I've used multiple vars similar to your second example for quite a while,
> and it's documented to be used like that
> <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#passing-variables-on-the-command-line>,
>
> so I believe it is a feature, not a bug. I'm not sure I have ever used
> quotes inside the extra vars list, but I would guess you can use singles
> inside the doubles.
>
> The following is how I have frequently used extra-vars:
>
> ansible-playbook playbook.yml --extra-vars "hosts=hosts-group
> user=ansible-user var2=27"
>
>
> Joanna
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 3:33:30 PM UTC-6, Arthur Reyes wrote:
>>
>> I didn't see it listed in Issues, so I thought I would ask here if a
>> recent discovery was actually a bug.
>>
>> I'm working on some shell wrappers for the ansible-playbook and wanted to
>> maintain a certain level of pedantry. It appears that ansible-playbook will
>> except multiple --extra-vars options and append them to a single argv,
>> which is what I expect from Python.
>>
>> In other words, this:
>>
>> ansible-playbook site.yml --extra-vars "hosts='*CUS03*'" --extra-vars
>> "foo=''" --extra-vars "bar='Yes'"
>>
>>
>> Is the same as this:
>>
>>
>> ansible-playbook site.yml --extra-vars "hosts='*CUS03*' foo='' bar='Yes'"
>>
>>
>> This is a good thing for me, but before I continue working on a wrapper
>> that relies on this behavior, I figured I should ask around to see if this
>> is actually an Issue.
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>>
>> Arthur
>>
>
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