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René Moser 130c995208 proposal: ignore_checkmode is a better name
as suggested by @bcoca
2016-03-05 09:23:54 +01:00

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# Rename always_run to ignore_checkmode
*Author*: René Moser <@resmo>
*Date*: 02/03/2016
## Motivation
The task argument `always_run` is misleading.
Ansible is known to be readable by users without deep knowledge of creating playbooks, they do not understand
what `always_run` does at the first glance.
### Problems
The following looks scary if you have no idea, what `always_run` does:
```
- shell: dangerous_cleanup.sh
when: cleanup == "yes"
always_run: yes
```
You have a conditional but also a word that says `always`. This is a conflict in terms of understanding.
## Solution Proposal
Deprecate `always_run` by rename it to `ignore_checkmode`:
```
- shell: dangerous_cleanup.sh
when: cleanup == "yes"
ignore_checkmode: yes
```