force --check

[Mike Biancaniello]

Is there a compliment to the `always_run: true` option for a play?

I have a need for a playbook to always run a single task in check_mode and use the results to do something.
I really don't want to have to always run the playbook with `--check` (and use `always_run: true` for the other tasks) because if I forget to add that option, then I'll accidentally run the task I don't want to actually run.

suggestions?

[Brian Coca]

there is a PR (not a feature yet) to set ansible_check_mode variable so you can figure out if you are in check mode or not and make your execution conditional on it.

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Brian Coca

[Mike Biancaniello]

That might be what I'm looking for, but I'm not sure.

I want to be able to run a playbook (*not* in check_mode), but tell one task to run *only* in check_mode.

Currently, if you run in check_mode, setting `always_run: true` on a task makes that task run as if it is not in check_mode. I want the opposite of this.

I want to be able to run:

ansible-playbook stuff.yml

stuff.yml

---
- name: stuff
  hosts: things

  tasks:
  - name: Apply awesome sauce
    awesome: a=b c=d
  - name: pretend to do something
    something: a=b c=d
    check_mode: true