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Improve YAMLSyntax/Gotchas (#21575)
* Improve YAMLSyntax/Gotchas Colons don't need to be quoted unless when followed by a space or the end of the line * Update YAMLSyntax.rst Minor edit.
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foo: somebody said I should put a colon here: so I did
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You will want to quote any hash values using colons, like so::
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windows_drive: c:
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...but this will work::
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windows_path: c:\windows
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You will want to quote hash values using colons followed by a space or the end of the line::
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foo: "somebody said I should put a colon here: so I did"
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windows_drive: "c:"
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And then the colon will be preserved.
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...and then the colon will be preserved.
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Further, Ansible uses "{{ var }}" for variables. If a value after a colon starts
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with a "{", YAML will think it is a dictionary, so you must quote it, like so::
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