ansible/test/integration/roles/test_hash_behavior/tasks/main.yml

# test code for the hash variable behavior
# (c) 2014, James Cammarata <jcammarata@ansible.com>

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- name: get the hash behavior env setting
  shell: env | grep ^ANSIBLE_HASH_BEHAVIOUR'=' | cut -f2- -d'='
  register: hash_behavior
  # This only works with the local connection.  The way this test is run means the 
  connection: local
  delegate_to: localhost


- name: debug hash behavior result
  debug: var=hash_behavior.stdout 

- name: assert hash behavior is merge or replace
  assert:
    that:
    - "hash_behavior.stdout in ('merge', 'replace')"

- name: debug test_hash var
  debug: var=test_hash

- name: assert the dictionary values match
  assert:
    that:
    - "hash_behavior.stdout == 'merge' and test_hash == merged_hash or hash_behavior.stdout == 'replace' and test_hash == replaced_hash"