--- - name: Setup test fixture copy: src: fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml - name: Set '/business/rating/@subjective' to 'false' xml: path: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml xpath: /business/rating attribute: subjective value: 'false' register: set_attribute_value - name: Compare to expected result copy: src: results/test-set-attribute-value.xml dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml check_mode: yes diff: yes register: comparison - name: Test expected result assert: that: - set_attribute_value.changed == true - comparison.changed == false # identical #command: diff -u {{ role_path }}/results/test-set-attribute-value.xml /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml