ansible/test/integration/targets/unarchive/tasks/test_tar.yml

- name: create our tar unarchive destination
  file:
    path: '{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar'
    state: directory

- name: unarchive a tar file
  unarchive:
    src: '{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar'
    dest: '{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar'
    remote_src: yes
  register: unarchive01

- name: verify that the file was marked as changed
  assert:
    that:
      - "unarchive01.changed == true"

- name: verify that the file was unarchived
  file:
    path: '{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar/foo-unarchive.txt'
    state: file

- name: remove our tar unarchive destination
  file:
    path: '{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar'
    state: absent