# Group/host vars files proposal.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-host-vars-files-proposal/12678>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [April 13, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-host-vars-files-proposal/12678 "2013-04-13T02:01:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![C\_Morgan\_Hamill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@C\_Morgan\_Hamill](https://forum.ansible.com/u/C_Morgan_Hamill)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-host-vars-files-proposal/12678/1 "2013-04-13T02:01:21Z")

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Would you still accept a patch to load files with a .yml or .yaml suffix?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-host-vars-files-proposal/12678/2 "2013-04-13T03:24:22Z")

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Sure.

I would guess it should look for the blank version, then .yml, then .yaml

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**Author:** ![C\_Morgan\_Hamill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@C\_Morgan\_Hamill](https://forum.ansible.com/u/C_Morgan_Hamill)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-host-vars-files-proposal/12678/3 "2013-04-15T13:29:41Z")

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Excerpts from Michael DeHaan's message of 2013-04-12 23:24:22 -0400:

> Sure.
> 
> I would guess it should look for the blank version, then .yml, then .yaml

Pull request here:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/2686&gt](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/2686&gt);

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Weber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Steve\_Weber](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steve_Weber)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-host-vars-files-proposal/12678/4 "2013-04-17T23:52:19Z")

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thanks guys this bothered me 🙂