tests

Also modifies the template action plugin to use this new param
when executing the file/copy modules for templating so that links
are preserved correctly.

Fixes #8998

Also adds a test to ensure the content value is not logged.

Related to #8647

Add unit test

Fixes #8394

fix an issue that copying directory will fail when trying to change file attributes and the target file already exists on remote

- the issue was introduced by the commit 84759faa

- reverse the order of new_directory_list returned from split_pre_existing_dir in copy module