ansible/v2/ansible/utils/vars.py
2014-12-29 10:46:47 -06:00

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# (c) 2012-2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
#
# This file is part of Ansible
#
# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Ansible. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# Make coding more python3-ish
from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type
from ansible import constants as C
def combine_vars(a, b):
if C.DEFAULT_HASH_BEHAVIOUR == "merge":
return merge_hash(a, b)
else:
return dict(a.items() + b.items())
def merge_hash(a, b):
''' recursively merges hash b into a
keys from b take precedence over keys from a '''
result = {}
for dicts in a, b:
# next, iterate over b keys and values
for k, v in dicts.iteritems():
# if there's already such key in a
# and that key contains dict
if k in result and isinstance(result[k], dict):
# merge those dicts recursively
result[k] = merge_hash(a[k], v)
else:
# otherwise, just copy a value from b to a
result[k] = v
return result