##### SUMMARY

The list subcommand throws a lot of warnings about a missing version if the collection was not built and installed via an artifact. This information can often be obtained in the galaxy.yml though, so it would make sense to fallback to that ...

```
(ansible_base) [vagrant@centos8 ~]$ ansible-galaxy collection list
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/azure/azcollection' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cyberark/bizdev' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/google/cloud' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox_community/ansible_modules' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/splunk/enterprise_security' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/check_point/mgmt' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/f5networks/f5_modules' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/qradar' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/openstack/cloud' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/vyos/vyos' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/arista/eos' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cisco/iosxr' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cisco/ucs' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cisco/aci' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cisco/meraki' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cisco/intersight' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cisco/mso' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cisco/ios' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/cisco/nxos' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/fortinet/fortios' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/junipernetworks/junos' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/purestorage/flasharray' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/purestorage/flashblade' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/awx/awx' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/grafana' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/kubernetes' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/amazon' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/vmware' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/general' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/gavinfish/azuretest' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netapp/aws' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netapp/elementsw' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netapp/ontap' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.
[WARNING]: Collection at '/home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/servicenow/servicenow' does not have a MANIFEST.json file, cannot detect version.

# /home/vagrant/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection                       Version
-------------------------------- -------
ansible.netcommon                *      
arista.eos                       *      
awx.awx                          *      
azure.azcollection               *      
check_point.mgmt                 *      
cisco.aci                        *      
cisco.intersight                 *      
cisco.ios                        *      
cisco.iosxr                      *      
cisco.meraki                     *      
cisco.mso                        *      
cisco.nxos                       *      
cisco.ucs                        *      
community.amazon                 *      
community.general                *      
community.grafana                *      
community.kubernetes             *      
community.vmware                 *      
cyberark.bizdev                  *      
f5networks.f5_modules            *      
fortinet.fortios                 *      
gavinfish.azuretest              *      
google.cloud                     *      
ibm.qradar                       *      
junipernetworks.junos            *      
netapp.aws                       *      
netapp.elementsw                 *      
netapp.ontap                     *      
netbox_community.ansible_modules *      
openstack.cloud                  *      
purestorage.flasharray           *      
purestorage.flashblade           *      
servicenow.servicenow            *      
splunk.enterprise_security       *      
vyos.vyos                        *
```


##### ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report

##### COMPONENT NAME
ansible-galaxy collection list

##### ANSIBLE VERSION
<!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible --version" between quotes -->
```paste below
devel
```


""" Ensure a given path ends with 'ansible_collections'
    :param collection_path: The path that should end in 'ansible_collections'
    :return: collection_path ending in 'ansible_collections' if it does not already.
    """
    if os.path.split(collection_path)[1] != 'ansible_collections':
        return os.path.join(collection_path, 'ansible_collections')
    return collection_path
def verify_collections(collections, search_paths, apis, validate_certs, ignore_errors, allow_pre_release=False):
    with _display_progress():
        with _tempdir() as b_temp_path:
            for collection in collections:
                try:
                    local_collection = None
                    b_collection = to_bytes(collection[0], errors='surrogate_or_strict')
                    if os.path.isfile(b_collection) or urlparse(collection[0]).scheme.lower() in ['http', 'https'] or len(collection[0].split('.')) != 2:
                        raise AnsibleError(message="'%s' is not a valid collection name. The format namespace.name is expected." % collection[0])
                    collection_name = collection[0]
                    namespace, name = collection_name.split('.')
                    collection_version = collection[1]
                    
                    for search_path in search_paths:
                        b_search_path = to_bytes(os.path.join(search_path, namespace, name), errors='surrogate_or_strict')
                        if os.path.isdir(b_search_path):
                            if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(to_text(b_search_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict'), 'MANIFEST.json')):
                                raise AnsibleError(
                                    message="Collection %s does not appear to have a MANIFEST.json. " % collection_name +
                                            "A MANIFEST.json is expected if the collection has been built and installed via ansible-galaxy."
                                )