Feature request: Preview resolved Ansible vars before apply (with filter + JSON output)

[hrazzaghi]

Currently, it is hard to see the final resolved Ansible variable values before running, since values come from multiple sources. It would be great to have a feature that previews effective variables for a target host/group/play context before apply.

If possible, it would be great to have:

• Show final resolved vars as they would be used in a real run.
• Filter output by var name/pattern.
• Output in JSON.
• Optional save to file (e.g. --output vars.json).
• Optional masking/redaction for sensitive values.

This could make validation and debugging much easier before applying changes.

[gxben]

Implemented in b5141f1.

Can be used through:

kobra ansible inventory export -o path/to/gitops/ansible -f '^secret_' -f '^vault_' -p playbook_name

And possible changes to be reviewed through a simple git diff approach.

Provides a per host, YAML file output (more readable than JSON), with all interpolated static variables (the playbook dynamic ones, set or overridden at runtime through set_fact can't be guessed).

All computed variables are displayed but sensitive ones can be redacted/filtered through multiple conditional regexp-formatted --filters command-line parameters .