Merge

lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py

@@ -1430,3 +1430,9 @@ def _load_vars_from_folder(folder_path, results, vault_password=None):
         _found, results = _load_vars_from_path(path, results, vault_password=vault_password)
     return results
 
+def update_hash(hash, key, new_value):
+    ''' used to avoid nested .update calls on the parent '''
+
+    value = hash.get(key, {})
+    value.update(new_value)
+    hash[key] = value