--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: '{{ role_path }}/fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml' dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml - name: Add child element xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml xpath: /business/beers add_children: "{{ bad_beers }}" - name: Test expected result command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-add-children-from-groupvars.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml