display.error on no matching --start-at-task (#45221)

6 years ago · 869d866aa1
parent 864f266216
commit 869d866aa1
1 changed files with 7 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py
@ -225,6 +225,13 @@ class PlaybookExecutor:
            display.display("No issues encountered")
            return result

+        if self._options.start_at_task and not self._tqm._start_at_done:
+            display.error(
+                "No matching task \"%s\" found. "
+                "Note: --start-at-task can only follow static includes."
+                % self._options.start_at_task
+            )
+
        return result

    def _get_serialized_batches(self, play):