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Update documentation of filetree to mention limits of 'src' attribute (#54347)

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* Filetree plugin does not return the 'src' attribute when `item.state` is set to `directory`

Error is `'dict object' has no attribute 'src'`. See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/51513#issuecomment-459150769 .

* Update filetree.py
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Dmitriusan 2019-04-12 00:39:56 +03:00 committed by Alicia Cozine
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lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/filetree.py
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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ version_added: "2.4"
short_description: recursively match all files in a directory tree short_description: recursively match all files in a directory tree
description: description:
- This lookup enables you to template a complete tree of files on a target system while retaining permissions and ownership. - This lookup enables you to template a complete tree of files on a target system while retaining permissions and ownership.
- Supports directories, files and symlinks, including SELinux and other file properties - Supports directories, files and symlinks, including SELinux and other file properties.
- If you provide more than one path, it will implement a first_found logic, and will not process entries it already processed in previous paths. - If you provide more than one path, it will implement a first_found logic, and will not process entries it already processed in previous paths.
This enables merging different trees in order of importance, or add role_vars to specific paths to influence different instances of the same role. This enables merging different trees in order of importance, or add role_vars to specific paths to influence different instances of the same role.
options: options:
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ EXAMPLES = """
with_filetree: web/ with_filetree: web/
when: item.state == 'directory' when: item.state == 'directory'
- name: Template files - name: Template files (explicitly skip directories in order to use the 'src' attribute)
template: template:
src: '{{ item.src }}' src: '{{ item.src }}'
dest: /web/{{ item.path }} dest: /web/{{ item.path }}
@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ RETURN = """
description: list of dictionaries with file information description: list of dictionaries with file information
contains: contains:
src: src:
description: TODO description:
- full path to file
- not returned when C(item.state) is set to C(directory)
root: root:
description: allows filtering by original location description: allows filtering by original location
path: path: