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Clarify the "refresh_inventory" meta task when using a dynamic inventory script (#37575)

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Clarify the "refresh_inventory" meta task when using a dynamic inventory script since it was somehow documented in this old mailing list message:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/ImhePKKDBZM
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angystardust 2018-04-05 19:49:51 +02:00 committed by scottb
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lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/meta.py
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@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ options:
points to implicitly trigger handler runs (after pre/post tasks, the final role execution, and the main tasks section of your plays).
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C(refresh_inventory) (added in 2.0) forces the reload of the inventory, which in the case of dynamic inventory scripts means they will be
re-executed. This is mainly useful when additional hosts are created and users wish to use them instead of using the `add_host` module."
re-executed. If the dynamic inventory script is using a cache, Ansible cannot know this and has no way of refreshing it (you can disable the cache
or, if available for your specific inventory datasource (for es.: aws), you can use the an inventory plugin instead of an inventory script).
This is mainly useful when additional hosts are created and users wish to use them instead of using the `add_host` module."
- "C(noop) (added in 2.0) This literally does 'nothing'. It is mainly used internally and not recommended for general use."
- "C(clear_facts) (added in 2.1) causes the gathered facts for the hosts specified in the play's list of hosts to be cleared, including the fact cache."
- "C(clear_host_errors) (added in 2.1) clears the failed state (if any) from hosts specified in the play's list of hosts."