Commit 0677891f by Michael DeHaan

More docs

parent a98886c7
......@@ -226,6 +226,23 @@ Those same variables are usable in templates, which we'll get to later.
Now in a very basic playbook all the tasks will be listed directly in that play, though it will usually
make more sense to break up tasks using the 'include:' directive. We'll show that a bit later.
Action Shorthand
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.. versionadded: 0.8
Rather than listing out the explicit word, "action:", like so::
action: template src=templates/foo.j2 dest=/etc/foo.conf
It is also possible to say:
template: src=templates/foo.j2 dest=/etc/foo.conf
The name of the module is simply followed by a colon and the arguments to that module. We think this is a lot more intuitive.
Our documentation has not converted over to this new format just yet as many users may still be using older versions.
You'll be able to use both formats forever.
Running Operations On Change
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