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Document boolean default value treatment (#30062)

* Consistency and document treatment of default bool values

* Document that default bool values can be any Ansible recognized bool.
  choose the one that reads better in context
* For fragments used by the copy module, make bool types use type=bool and not choices

* Edit for clarity
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Toshio Kuratomi 2017-09-14 13:27:16 -07:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ The following fields can be used and are all required unless specified otherwise
* If `required` is false/missing, `default` may be specified (assumed 'null' if missing).
* Ensure that the default parameter in the docs matches the default parameter in the code.
* The default option must not be listed as part of the description.
* If the option is a boolean value, you can use any of the boolean values recognized by Ansible:
(such as true/false or yes/no). Choose the one that reads better in the context of the option.
:choices:
List of option values. Should be absent if empty.
:type:

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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ options:
description:
- This option controls the autodecryption of source files using vault.
required: false
choices: ['Yes', 'No']
type: 'bool'
default: 'Yes'
version_added: "2.4"
"""

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@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ options:
they cannot be updated atomically and can only be done in an unsafe manner.
- This boolean option allows ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating files for those cases in which you do
not have any other choice. Be aware that this is subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption.
type: bool
required: false
default: false
version_added: "2.2"