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community.sops._latest_version filter – [INTERNAL] Get latest version from a list of versions

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.sops collection (version 2.2.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.sops.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.sops._latest_version.

New in community.sops 1.4.0

Synopsis

  • This is an internal tool and must only be used from roles in this collection! If you use it from outside this collection, be warned that its behavior can change and it can be removed at any time, even in bugfix releases!
  • Given a list of version numbers, returns the largest of them.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.sops._latest_version.

Parameter

Comments

Input

list / elements=string / required

A list of strings. Every string must be a version number.

Examples

---
- name: Print latest version
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ versions | community.sops._latest_version }}"
  vars:
    versions:
      - 1.0.0
      - 1.0.0rc1
      - 1.1.0

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

The latest version from the input.

Returns the empty string if the input was empty.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/sops/_latest_version_filter.html