From cedbcfcc0a55b84f7f61fbed82dd9b7e5b9411f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Palley <jpalley@idapted.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 15:04:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] adds 'groups' variable, essentially making hosts file
 accessible as a variable

---
 lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index 075a9fba838..b5c05d5e45a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ class Runner(object):
         inject.update(host_variables)
         inject.update(self.module_vars)
 
+        group_hosts = {}
+        for g in self.inventory.groups:
+            group_hosts[g.name] = map((lambda x: x.get_variables()),g.hosts)
+
+        inject['groups'] = group_hosts
+
         if self.module_name == 'setup':
             if not args:
                 args = {}