Add verbose mode

readme.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This is useful when you do ad-hoc commands (`command`, `shell`, etc.) that canno
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `path` | yes | `/etc/acme/foobar.com/foobar.com.cer` | File to check changes on. |
 | `mode` | yes | `before` | Indicate whether the check is before or after the command(s). Possible values are `before` and `after`. If `before`, it calculates the checksum, if `after`, it checks the current checksum with the one calculated during the `before` run, and indicates the change if they differ. |
+| `verbose` | no | `true` | If `true`, print more diagnostic messages. Defaults to `false`. |
 
 ## Examples
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ This is useful when you do ad-hoc commands (`command`, `shell`, etc.) that canno
   vars:
     path: /etc/foo.conf
     mode: after
+    verbose: true
 ```
 
 ## Return Values

tasks/after.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 - set_fact:
     bviktor_file_changed_after_checksum: "{{ file_changed_stat.stat.checksum | default('') }}"
 
+- debug:
+    msg: "Checksum: {{ bviktor_file_changed_after_checksum }}"
+  when: eff_verbose
+
 - set_fact:
     file_changed:
       changed: "{{ bviktor_file_changed_before_checksum != bviktor_file_changed_after_checksum }}"

tasks/before.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 - set_fact:
     bviktor_file_changed_before_checksum: "{{ file_changed_stat.stat.checksum | default('') }}"
 
+- debug:
+    msg: "Checksum: {{ bviktor_file_changed_before_checksum }}"
+  when: eff_verbose
+
 - set_fact:
     file_changed:
       changed: false

tests/after.yml

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   vars:
     path: /tmp/foo.txt
     mode: after
+    verbose: 'true'
 
 - include_tasks: print.yml

tests/before.yml

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   vars:
     path: /tmp/foo.txt
     mode: before
+    verbose: true
 
 - include_tasks: print.yml

tests/print.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 - debug:
     msg: "{{ file_changed.changed }}"
+  changed_when: file_changed.changed

vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+eff_verbose: "{{ verbose | default(false) | bool }}"