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Add note in inventory guide saying group names follow variable name guidelines #69285

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/intro_inventory.rst
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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ The most common formats are INI and YAML. A basic INI ``/etc/ansible/hosts`` mig

The headings in brackets are group names, which are used in classifying hosts
and deciding what hosts you are controlling at what times and for what purpose.
Group names should follow the same guidelines as :ref:`valid_variable_names`.

Here's that same basic inventory file in YAML format:

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