community.general/tests/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-remove-attribute-nochange.yml

---
  - name: Setup test fixture
    copy:
      src: results/test-remove-attribute.xml
      dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml


  - name: Remove non-existing '/business/rating/@subjective'
    xml:
      path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml
      xpath: /business/rating/@subjective
      state: absent
    register: remove_attribute

  - name: Compare to expected result
    copy:
      src: results/test-remove-attribute.xml
      dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml
    check_mode: yes
    diff: yes
    register: comparison

  - name: Test expected result
    assert:
      that:
      - remove_attribute is not changed
      - comparison is not changed  # identical
    #command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-remove-attribute.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml