pillar.users.default.sls

default_user: bar
default_group: baz

users:

  foo:
    sudouser: True
    sudo_rules:
      - ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
    prime_group:
    name: foo_user
    groups:
      - admin

pillars

.
|-- top.sls
`-- users
    |-- default.sls
    `-- dev.sls

pillars.top.sls

#!jinja|yaml

#
# Top SLS
#

base:

  'dev':
    - users.dev

pillars.users.dev.sls

#!jinja|yaml

include:
  - users.default:

    defaults:

      users:
        vagrant:
          sudouser: True
          sudo_rules:
            - ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
          prime_group:
          name: vagrant
          groups:
            - admin

stack.txt

[ERROR   ] An un-handled exception was caught by salt's global exception handler:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/salt-call", line 11, in <module>
    salt_call()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/scripts.py", line 82, in salt_call
    client.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/cli/__init__.py", line 309, in run
    caller = salt.cli.caller.Caller(self.config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/cli/caller.py", line 47, in __init__
    self.minion = salt.minion.SMinion(opts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/minion.py", line 285, in __init__
    self.gen_modules()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/minion.py", line 295, in gen_modules
    self.opts['environment'],
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/pillar/__init__.py", line 505, in compile_pillar
    pillar, errors = self.render_pillar(matches)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/pillar/__init__.py", line 422, in render_pillar
    pstate, mods, err = self.render_pstate(sls, saltenv, mods)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/pillar/__init__.py", line 392, in render_pstate
    defaults = v.get('defaults', {})
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/salt-call", line 11, in <module>
    salt_call()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/scripts.py", line 82, in salt_call
    client.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/cli/__init__.py", line 309, in run
    caller = salt.cli.caller.Caller(self.config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/cli/caller.py", line 47, in __init__
    self.minion = salt.minion.SMinion(opts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/minion.py", line 285, in __init__
    self.gen_modules()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/minion.py", line 295, in gen_modules
    self.opts['environment'],
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/pillar/__init__.py", line 505, in compile_pillar
    pillar, errors = self.render_pillar(matches)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/pillar/__init__.py", line 422, in render_pillar
    pstate, mods, err = self.render_pstate(sls, saltenv, mods)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/pillar/__init__.py", line 392, in render_pstate
    defaults = v.get('defaults', {})
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'