Optional synchronize

deploy.yaml

---

- name: "Deploy project"
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    artifacts:
      - src: "./repository/"
        dest: "/target/repository"
      - src: "./manifests/"
        dest: "/target/manifests"
      - src: "./target/modules/"
        dest: "/target/modules"
      - src: "./hieradata/hieradata/"
        dest: "/target/hieradata"
        optional: True
  tasks:
    - name: Check artifacts existence
      stat:
        path: "{{ item.src }}"
      with_items: artifacts
      register: artifacts_stat
      delegate_to: 127.0.0.1

    - name: Synchronize artifacts
      synchronize:
        src: "{{ item.1.src }}"
        dest: "{{ item.1.dest }}"
      with_indexed_items: artifacts
      when: >
        not item.1.optional|default(False) or
        artifacts_stat.results[item.0].stat.exists