--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml - name: Set '/business/website/address' to empty string. xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml xpath: /business/website/address value: '' register: set_element_value_empty - name: Compare to expected result copy: src: results/test-set-element-value-empty.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml check_mode: yes diff: yes register: comparison - name: Test expected result assert: that: - set_element_value_empty.changed == true - comparison.changed == false # identical #command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-set-element-value-empty.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml