inventory_dir refers to inventory/hosts directory

[yukha-dw]

Hello, I'm not sure if this is bug or not. When we link hosts to directory, inventory_dir will point to inventory/hosts instead.

prepare.yaml
- name: Setup
  hosts: ubuntu
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - debug:
        var: inventory_dir

If I link hosts to a host file, inventory_dir will be /home/USER/.cache/molecule/ROLE/default/inventory

provisioner:
  inventory:
    links:
      hosts: hosts2/hosts.yaml

But, if I link hosts to a directory, inventory_dir will be /home/USER/.cache/molecule/ROLE/default/inventory/hosts

provisioner:
  inventory:
    links:
      hosts: hosts2

I want to use plugin like ansible.builtin.constructed and it can't be put on single hosts file. Is there any way to force inventory_dir to stay as /home/USER/.cache/molecule/ROLE/default/inventory?

Additional info:
I have 2 scenarios,

• scenario1 deploys ubuntu-1 using first config, hosts: hosts2/hosts.yaml
• scenario2 deploys ubuntu-2 using second config, hosts: hosts2

Interestingly, ubuntu-1 keeps its inventory_dir as /home/USER/.cache/molecule/ROLE/default/inventory/hosts even when called using scenario2

TASK [debug] *******************************************************************
ok: [ubuntu-1] => {
    "inventory_dir": "/home/USER/.cache/molecule/ROLE/default/inventory"
}
ok: [ubuntu-2] => {
    "inventory_dir": "/home/USER/.cache/molecule/ROLE/default/inventory/hosts"
}