Merge pull request #51340 from Ch3LL/bp-51252

Backport #51252 into 2018.3.4

salt/states/file.py

@@ -2421,7 +2421,6 @@ def managed(name,
                 'to True to allow the managed file to be empty.'
                 .format(contents_id)
             )
-
         if isinstance(use_contents, six.binary_type) and b'\0' in use_contents:
             contents = use_contents
         elif isinstance(use_contents, six.text_type) and str('\0') in use_contents:
@@ -2435,9 +2434,10 @@ def managed(name,
                     'contents_grains is not a string or list of strings, and '
                     'is not binary data. SLS is likely malformed.'
                 )
-            contents = os.linesep.join(
-                [line.rstrip('\n').rstrip('\r') for line in validated_contents]
-            )
+            contents = ''
+            for part in validated_contents:
+                for line in part.splitlines():
+                    contents += line.rstrip('\n').rstrip('\r') + os.linesep
             if contents_newline and not contents.endswith(os.linesep):
                 contents += os.linesep
         if template:

tests/integration/__init__.py

@@ -743,6 +743,12 @@ class TestDaemon(object):
         master_opts['root_dir'] = os.path.join(TMP, 'rootdir')
         master_opts['pki_dir'] = os.path.join(TMP, 'rootdir', 'pki', 'master')
         master_opts['syndic_master'] = 'localhost'
+        file_tree = {
+            'root_dir':  os.path.join(FILES, 'pillar', 'base', 'file_tree'),
+            'follow_dir_links': False,
+            'keep_newline': True,
+        }
+        master_opts['ext_pillar'].append({'file_tree': file_tree})
 
         # This is the syndic for master
         # Let's start with a copy of the syndic master configuration

tests/integration/files/file/base/issue-50221.sls

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{{ pillar['name'] }}:
+  file.managed:
+    - contents_pillar: issue-50221

tests/integration/files/pillar/base/file_tree/hosts/minion/issue-50221

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+abc
+
+

tests/integration/states/test_file.py

@@ -2530,6 +2530,26 @@ class FileTest(ModuleCase, SaltReturnAssertsMixin):
             '',
         ]).encode('utf-8'))
 
+    @with_tempfile()
+    def test_issue_50221(self, name):
+        expected = 'abc{0}{0}{0}'.format(os.linesep)
+        ret = self.run_function(
+            'pillar.get',
+            ['issue-50221']
+        )
+        assert ret == expected
+        ret = self.run_function(
+            'state.apply',
+            ['issue-50221'],
+            pillar={
+                'name': name
+            },
+        )
+        self.assertSaltTrueReturn(ret)
+        with salt.utils.files.fopen(name, 'r') as fp:
+            contents = fp.read()
+        assert contents == expected
+
 
 class BlockreplaceTest(ModuleCase, SaltReturnAssertsMixin):
     marker_start = '# start'