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# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

- block: &prepare
  - name: Create the final file
    ansible.builtin.copy:
      content: |
        [main]
        foo=BAR
      dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/my_original_file.ini"
  - name: Clean up symlink.ini
    ansible.builtin.file:
      path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/symlink.ini"
      state: absent
  - name: Create a symbolic link
    ansible.builtin.file:
      src: my_original_file.ini
      dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/symlink.ini"
      state: link

- name: Set the proxy key on the symlink which will be converted as a file
  community.general.ini_file:
    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/symlink.ini"
    section: main
    option: proxy
    value: 'http://proxy.myorg.org:3128'
- name: Set the proxy key on the final file that is still unchanged
  community.general.ini_file:
    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/my_original_file.ini"
    section: main
    option: proxy
    value: 'http://proxy.myorg.org:3128'
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - result is changed

# With follow
- block: *prepare
- name: Set the proxy key on the symlink which will be preserved
  community.general.ini_file:
    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/symlink.ini"
    section: main
    option: proxy
    value: 'http://proxy.myorg.org:3128'
    follow: true
  register: result
- name: Set the proxy key on the target directly that was changed in the previous step
  community.general.ini_file:
    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/my_original_file.ini"
    section: main
    option: proxy
    value: 'http://proxy.myorg.org:3128'
  register: result
- ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - "not (result is changed)"