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Merge pull request #14484 from Antillean/extra-vars_docs

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Documenting that extra-vars 'key=value' is for strings
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Abhijit Menon-Sen 2016-03-17 14:46:18 +05:30
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@ -730,6 +730,9 @@ As of Ansible 1.2, you can also pass in extra vars as quoted JSON, like so::
The ``key=value`` form is obviously simpler, but it's there if you need it! The ``key=value`` form is obviously simpler, but it's there if you need it!
.. note:: Values passed in using the ``key=value`` syntax are interpreted as strings.
Use the JSON format if you need to pass in anything that shouldn't be a string (Booleans, integers, floats, lists etc).
As of Ansible 1.3, extra vars can be loaded from a JSON file with the ``@`` syntax:: As of Ansible 1.3, extra vars can be loaded from a JSON file with the ``@`` syntax::
--extra-vars "@some_file.json" --extra-vars "@some_file.json"