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| author | Michael DeHaan <michael@ansibleworks.com> | 2013-06-10 03:35:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael DeHaan <michael@ansibleworks.com> | 2013-06-10 03:35:51 +0200 |
| commit | 36e9cf5d7de049713784ed7c7005cc2269857e63 (patch) | |
| tree | e18b73d40428d0fd01d3aa1fb9aaa8d1a5d57e78 | |
| parent | Add roles to glossary. (diff) | |
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Mention YAML variable quoting.
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diff --git a/docsite/latest/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst b/docsite/latest/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst index b8fb861cbb..ce15390bd3 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` |