https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77580363/ansible-throws-error-with-ini-file-module-if-section-is-null

session.txt

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.15.6]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/home/user/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/user/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/user/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /home/user/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.10.12 (main, Nov 20 2023, 15:14:05) [GCC 11.4.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True
  
$ cat test.yml 
---
- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
    - ini_file:
        path: toto.conf
        section: null
        option: fav
        value: juice

$ # Create the empty conf file

$ cat /dev/null > toto.conf

$ ansible-playbook test.yml 

PLAY [localhost] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [ini_file] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=1    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   


$ cat toto.conf
fav = juice