--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml.orig - name: Remove spaces from test fixture shell: sed 's/^[ ]*//g' < /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml.orig > /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml - name: Pretty print without modification xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml pretty_print: yes register: pretty_print_only - name: Compare to expected result copy: src: results/test-pretty-print-only.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml check_mode: yes diff: yes register: comparison - name: Test expected result assert: that: - pretty_print_only.changed == true - comparison.changed == false # identical #command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-pretty-print-only.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml