--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: results/test-remove-element.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml - name: Remove non-existing '/business/rating' xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml xpath: /business/rating state: absent register: remove_element - name: Compare to expected result copy: src: results/test-remove-element.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml check_mode: yes diff: yes register: comparison - name: Test expected result assert: that: - remove_element is not changed - comparison is not changed # identical #command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-remove-element.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml