Update documentation of filetree to mention limits of 'src' attribute (#54347)
* 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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short_description: recursively match all files in a directory tree
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description:
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- This lookup enables you to template a complete tree of files on a target system while retaining permissions and ownership.
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- Supports directories, files and symlinks, including SELinux and other file properties
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- Supports directories, files and symlinks, including SELinux and other file properties.
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- 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.
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This enables merging different trees in order of importance, or add role_vars to specific paths to influence different instances of the same role.
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options:
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with_filetree: web/
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when: item.state == 'directory'
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- name: Template files
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- name: Template files (explicitly skip directories in order to use the 'src' attribute)
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template:
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src: '{{ item.src }}'
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dest: /web/{{ item.path }}
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description: list of dictionaries with file information
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contains:
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src:
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description: TODO
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description:
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- full path to file
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- not returned when C(item.state) is set to C(directory)
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root:
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description: allows filtering by original location
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path:
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