- name: Ensure output_dir
  file:
    path: "{{output_dir}}"
    state: directory

- name: Touch a file in it
  file:
    path: "{{output_dir}}/original.txt"
    state: touch

- name: Create a symlink
  file:
    src: "{{output_dir}}/original.txt"
    dest: "{{output_dir}}/soft.txt"
    state: link

- name: Create an hard link with follow to the sym link
  file:
    src: "{{output_dir}}/soft.txt"
    dest: "{{output_dir}}/hard.txt"
    state: hard
    follow: yes

- name: Create a symlink from another symlink
  file:
    src: "{{output_dir}}/soft.txt"
    dest: "{{output_dir}}/soft2.txt"
    follow: yes
    state: link

- name: Hard link stat
  stat:
    path: "{{output_dir}}/hard.txt"
  register: hard_stat

- name: Soft link stat
  stat:
    path: "{{output_dir}}/soft2.txt"
  register: soft_stat

- name: Check link status
  assert:
    that:
      - "hard_stat.stat.exists == true"
      - "soft_stat.stat.exists == true"