Small clean up and refactor of the rsync target ipv6 observing formatter for synchronize action.

lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py

@@ -44,16 +44,25 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         return path
 
-    def _process_origin(self, host, path, user):
+    def _format_rsync_rsh_target(self, host, path, user):
+        ''' formats rsync rsh target, escaping ipv6 addresses if needed '''
 
-        if host not in C.LOCALHOST:
-            userPart = ''
+        def _needs_ipv6_brackets(host):
+            return ':' in host
+
+        user_prefix = ''
         if user:
-                userPart = '%s@' % (user, )
-            if ":" in host:
-                return '[%s%s]:%s' % (userPart, host, path)
+            user_prefix = '%s@' % (user, )
+
+        if _needs_ipv6_brackets(host):
+            return '[%s%s]:%s' % (user_prefix, host, path)
         else:
-                return '%s%s:%s' % (userPart, host, path)
+            return '%s%s:%s' % (user_prefix, host, path)
+
+    def _process_origin(self, host, path, user):
+
+        if host not in C.LOCALHOST:
+            return self._format_rsync_rsh_target(host, path, user)
 
         if ':' not in path and not path.startswith('/'):
             path = self._get_absolute_path(path=path)
@@ -62,13 +71,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
     def _process_remote(self, host, path, user):
         transport = self._play_context.connection
         if host not in C.LOCALHOST or transport != "local":
-            userPart = ''
-            if user:
-                userPart = '%s@' % (user, )
-            if ":" in host:
-                return '[%s%s]:%s' % (userPart, host, path)
-            else:
-                return '%s%s:%s' % (userPart, host, path)
+            return self._format_rsync_rsh_target(host, path, user)
 
         if ':' not in path and not path.startswith('/'):
             path = self._get_absolute_path(path=path)