Add environment check to collection linking script

link-local-collections.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PWD=$(pwd)
+ANSIBLE_NAMESPACE="skylab"
+ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_DIR="$PWD/.ansible/ansible_collections"
+
+mkdir --parents "$ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_DIR/$ANSIBLE_NAMESPACE"
+
+for collection_path in "$PWD"/"$ANSIBLE_NAMESPACE"/*; do
+  collection=$(basename "$collection_path")
+  if [[ ! -L "$ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_DIR/$ANSIBLE_NAMESPACE/$collection" ]]; then
+    echo "Linking $ANSIBLE_NAMESPACE.$collection into $ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_DIR"
+    rm --recursive --force "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_DIR:?}/$ANSIBLE_NAMESPACE/$collection"
+    ln --symbolic "$PWD/$ANSIBLE_NAMESPACE/$collection" "$ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_DIR/$ANSIBLE_NAMESPACE/$collection"
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "Finished linking local collections"
+
+LOCAL_COLLECTION_PATH=$(dirname "$ANSIBLE_COLLECTION_DIR")
+
+if [ -z ${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH+x} ]; then
+  echo "WARNING: Environment variable ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH is not set, collections will not be callable"
+  echo "   HINT: export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH=$LOCAL_COLLECTION_PATH"
+elif [[ ${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH} != *"$LOCAL_COLLECTION_PATH"* ]]; then
+  echo "WARNING: Environment variable ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH does not include local collection directory"
+  echo "   HINT: export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH=\$ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH:$LOCAL_COLLECTION_PATH"
+fi