# test code for the changed_when parameter # (c) 2014, James Tanner # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . - name: ensure shell is always changed shell: ls -al /tmp register: shell_result - debug: var=shell_result - name: changed should always be true for shell assert: that: - "shell_result.changed" - name: test changed_when override for shell shell: ls -al /tmp changed_when: False register: shell_result - debug: var=shell_result - name: changed should be false assert: that: - "not shell_result.changed"