Merge pull request #5282 from rhaido/hard_link_fix

file module: Added to the file module the functionality to force conversion hard link...

files/file

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def main():
         module.exit_json(path=path, changed=True)
 
     if prev_state != 'absent' and prev_state != state:
-        if not (force and (prev_state == 'file' or prev_state == 'directory') and state == 'link') and state != 'touch':
+        if not (force and (prev_state == 'file' or prev_state == 'hard' or prev_state == 'directory') and state == 'link') and state != 'touch':
             module.fail_json(path=path, msg='refusing to convert between %s and %s for %s' % (prev_state, state, src))
 
     if prev_state == 'absent' and state == 'absent':