--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml - name: Add child element with xml format xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml xpath: /business/beers input_type: xml add_children: - 'Old Rasputin' register: children_elements - name: Compare to expected result copy: src: results/test-add-children-elements.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml check_mode: yes diff: yes· register: comparison - name: Test expected result assert: that: - children_elements.changed == true - comparison.changed == false # identical #command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-add-children-elements.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml