community.general/changelogs/fragments/2162-modhelper-variables.yml

minor_changes:
  - module_helper module utils - added mechanism to manage variables, providing automatic output of variables, change status and diff information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2162).
ModuleHelper variables management (#2162) * added metadata for variables in module helper * adjustments * added separate support for tracking changes * rewrote the diff code * added integration test for module_helper * using ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations.dict_merge * improved dependency management * restore ModuleHelper to base classes of CmdStateModuleHelper * added assertions to ensure the failing module name appears in the error messages * added test code for state-based modules * fixed test name * renamed class to VarMeta * small fixes * fixes from the PR * fixed VarDict.__set_attr__ * added VarDict.__getitem__() * added changelog fragment * adjustments per PR * ModuleHelper.output is now aware of conflicting variable names * Update plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> 2021-04-05 15:19:13 +02:00			`minor_changes:`
			`- module_helper module utils - added mechanism to manage variables, providing automatic output of variables, change status and diff information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2162).`