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QA had asked me a while ago to clean up the way the precedence list for 1.x was worded,
as the intro from the list started with "then", as if something should preceed it. The
comments from OxABAB were not helpful, but his issue reminded me that this was on my to
do list to make a little cleaner and clearer.  Edits made to remove the "then"
intros for each list line, to help with clarity.
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.. include:: ansible_ssh_changes_note.rst
In 1.x the precedence is (last listed wins):
In 1.x, the precedence is as follows (and last listed wins prioritization):
* then "role defaults", which are the most "defaulty" and lose in priority to everything.
* then come the variables defined in inventory
* then come the facts discovered about a system
* then comes "most everything else" (command line switches, vars in play, included vars, role vars, etc)
* then come connection variables (``ansible_user``, etc)
* "role defaults", which lose in priority to everything
* variables defined in inventory
* facts discovered about a system
* "most everything else" (command line switches, vars in play, included vars, role vars, etc.)
* connection variables (``ansible_user``, etc.)
* extra vars (``-e`` in the command line) always win
.. note:: In versions prior to 1.5.4, facts discovered about a system were in the "most everything else" category above.
In 2.x we have made the order of precedence more specific (last listed wins):
In 2.x we have made the order of precedence more specific (and last listed wins prioritization):
* role defaults [1]_
* inventory vars [2]_