Do not make any changes on the remote system, but test resources to see what might have changed\&. Note this can not scan all possible resource types and is only a simulation\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-diff\fR
.RS 4
When changing any templated files, show the unified diffs of how they changed\&. When used with \-\-check, shows how the files would have changed if \-\-check were not used\&.
Extra variables to inject into a playbook, in key=value key=value format or as quoted JSON (hashes and arrays)\&. To load variables from a file, specify the file preceded by @ (e\&.g\&. @vars\&.yml)\&.
Use this remote user name on playbook steps that do not indicate a user name to run as\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-skip\-tags=\fR\fISKIP_TAGS\fR
.RS 4
Only run plays and tasks whose tags do not match these values\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-syntax\-check\fR
.RS 4
Look for syntax errors in the playbook, but don\(cqt run anything
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-check\fR
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sudo\fR
.RS 4
Do not make any changes on the remote system, but test resources to see what might have changed\&. Note this can not scan all possible resource types and is only a simulation\&.
Force all plays to use sudo, even if not marked as such\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-diff\fR
\fB\-t\fR, \fITAGS\fR, \fB\-\-tags=\fR\fITAGS\fR
.RS 4
When changing any templated files, show the unified diffs of how they changed\&. When used with \-\-check, shows how the files would have changed if \-\-check were not used\&.
Only run plays and tasks tagged with these values\&.
Set additional variables as key=value or YAML/JSON
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
.RS 4
Force running of playbook even if unable to update playbook repository\&. This can be useful, for example, to enforce run\-time state when a network connection may not always be up or possible\&.