add note about register + skip (#51339)

* add note about register + skip

 fixes #27968

* Update docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_conditionals.rst

Co-Authored-By: bcoca <bcoca@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_conditionals.rst

Co-Authored-By: bcoca <bcoca@users.noreply.github.com>
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Brian Coca 6 years ago committed by Sandra McCann
parent 5d15a539c7
commit eebece91b1

@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ Often in a playbook it may be useful to store the result of a given command in a
it later. Use of the command module in this way can in many ways eliminate the need to write site specific facts, for
instance, you could test for the existence of a particular program.
.. note:: Registration happens even when a task is skipped due to the conditional. This way you can query the variable for `` is skipped`` to know if task was attempted or not.
The 'register' keyword decides what variable to save a result in. The resulting variables can be used in templates, action lines, or *when* statements. It looks like this (in an obviously trivial example)::
- name: test play

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