Add tests for new advanced inventory features (groups of groups, group…

Add tests for new advanced inventory features (groups of groups, group variables) in the default INI format file.

lib/ansible/host.py

@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ class Host(object):
         results.update(self.vars)
         results['inventory_hostname'] = self.name
         groups = self.get_groups()
-        results['group_names'] = [ g.name for g in groups if g.name != 'all']
+        results['group_names'] = sorted([ g.name for g in groups if g.name != 'all'])
         return results
 

lib/ansible/inventory.py

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Inventory(object):
             results = utils.parse_json(out)
             results['inventory_hostname'] = hostname
             groups = [ g.name for g in host.get_groups() if g.name != 'all' ]
-            results['group_names'] = groups
+            results['group_names'] = sorted(groups)
             return results
 
         host = self.get_host(hostname)

test/TestInventory.py

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ class TestInventory(unittest.TestCase):
         self.cwd = os.getcwd()
         self.test_dir = os.path.join(self.cwd, 'test')
 
-        self.inventory_file = os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'simple_hosts')