# Referencing files of depending role in meta/main.yml

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/referencing-files-of-depending-role-in-meta-main-yml/17796>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 19, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/referencing-files-of-depending-role-in-meta-main-yml/17796 "2015-03-19T20:44:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mirko\_Friedenhagen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Mirko\_Friedenhagen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mirko_Friedenhagen)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/referencing-files-of-depending-role-in-meta-main-yml/17796/1 "2015-03-19T20:44:02Z")

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Hello,

say I have two roles a and b:

roles/a/defaults/main.yml

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**Author:** ![Mirko\_Friedenhagen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Mirko\_Friedenhagen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mirko_Friedenhagen)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/referencing-files-of-depending-role-in-meta-main-yml/17796/2 "2015-03-20T19:42:53Z")

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Hello,

say I have two roles a and b:

roles/a/defaults/main.yml