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Clarify blockinfile docs for insertafter/insertbefore (#69396)

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* Clarify blockinfile docs for insertafter/insertbefore

It's not clear from the docs that these options take effect
only when no marker lines are found in the document.

* Add changelog fragment
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changelogs/fragments/69396-blockinfile-docs.yaml Normal file
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minor_changes:
- blockinfile - Update module documentation to clarify insertbefore/insertafter usage.

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lib/ansible/modules/blockinfile.py
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ options:
marker:
description:
- The marker line template.
- C({mark}) will be replaced with the values C(in marker_begin) (default="BEGIN") and C(marker_end) (default="END").
- C({mark}) will be replaced with the values in C(marker_begin) (default="BEGIN") and C(marker_end) (default="END").
- Using a custom marker without the C({mark}) variable may result in the block being repeatedly inserted on subsequent playbook runs.
type: str
default: '# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK'
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aliases: [ content ]
insertafter:
description:
- If specified, the block will be inserted after the last match of specified regular expression.
- If specified and no begin/ending C(marker) lines are found, the block will be inserted after the last match of specified regular expression.
- A special value is available; C(EOF) for inserting the block at the end of the file.
- If specified regular expression has no matches, C(EOF) will be used instead.
type: str
@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ options:
default: EOF
insertbefore:
description:
- If specified, the block will be inserted before the last match of specified regular expression.
- If specified and no begin/ending C(marker) lines are found, the block will be inserted before the last match of specified regular expression.
- A special value is available; C(BOF) for inserting the block at the beginning of the file.
- If specified regular expression has no matches, the block will be inserted at the end of the file.
type: str