Merge pull request ansible#8580 from mpeters/ec2_inv_empty_patterns

Handle the case where include_pattern and exclude_pattern exist but are empty strings

plugins/inventory/ec2.py

@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ def read_settings(self):
             pattern_include = config.get('ec2', 'pattern_include')
             if pattern_include and len(pattern_include) > 0:
                 self.pattern_include = re.compile(pattern_include)
+            else:
+                self.pattern_include = None
         except ConfigParser.NoOptionError, e:
             self.pattern_include = None
 
@@ -265,8 +267,10 @@ def read_settings(self):
             pattern_exclude = config.get('ec2', 'pattern_exclude');
             if pattern_exclude and len(pattern_exclude) > 0:
                 self.pattern_exclude = re.compile(pattern_exclude)
+            else:
+                self.pattern_exclude = None
         except ConfigParser.NoOptionError, e:
-            self.pattern_exclude = ''
+            self.pattern_exclude = None
 
     def parse_cli_args(self):
         ''' Command line argument processing '''