From 36e9cf5d7de049713784ed7c7005cc2269857e63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael DeHaan <michael@ansibleworks.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 21:35:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Mention YAML variable quoting.
---
docsite/latest/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docsite/latest/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst b/docsite/latest/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst
index b8fb861cbbc..ce15390bd3d 100644
--- a/docsite/latest/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst
+++ b/docsite/latest/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ You will want to quote any hash values using colons, like so:
And then the colon will be preserved.
+Further, Ansible uses "{{ var }}" for variables. If a value after a colon starts
+with a "{", YAML will think it a dictionary, so you must quote it, like so::
+
+ foo: "{{ variable }}"
+
+
.. seealso::
:doc:`playbooks`