Ansible issue

ansible_dictionary_issue.md

Goal

Define a nested dictionary in the inventory vars. See this repo for full implementation

Inventory vars

vars:
  packages:
    install: []
    remove: []

Run playbooks, the output

TASK [packages : debug] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "packages": {
        "install": [
            "zsh",
            "git",
            "fasd"
        ]
    }
}

TASK [packages : removing the following packages] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "packages.remove": "VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED!"
}

Question

Why is packages['remove'] not defined?