File exists filter

[jayvdb]

Ansible has a file exists filter which would be very helpful for building templates which are based on the files in the repo.

A possible complication is that files may be in targets and not yet generated.

[chfw]

OK. You have done the home work for me then. I could see that you like the following lines in the MANIFEST.in:

{% if exists('CHANGELOG.rst'%}include CHANGELOG.rst{%endif%}

Let me have a thought on this one.

[jayvdb]

Ya. Or {% if 'CHANGELOG.rst' | exists %}

Strangely I cant see it in http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html

But they are listed at https://ansible-manual.readthedocs.io/en/stable-2.3/playbooks_tests.html#testing-paths

[chfw]

please wait for next release