From abe2daebb992ff9c83b562bafd100e238e326fef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kevinnlsamuel <developer@kevinnlsamuel.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:34:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] this is stupid

---
 roles/ensureparentdir/tasks/main.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/roles/ensureparentdir/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ensureparentdir/tasks/main.yml
index 25e8b98..8c261ab 100644
--- a/roles/ensureparentdir/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ensureparentdir/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 - name: check if parent dir exists
-  debug:
-    msg: "{{ path }}"
+  register: stat_output
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ path | dirname }}"
 
+- name: create dir if not exists
+  when: not stat_output.stat.exists
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ path | dirname }}"
+    state: directory
 
+- name: backup and create dir if not dir
+  when: stat_output.stat.exists and not stat_output.stat.isdir
+  block:
+    - name: "backup existing {{ path | dirname }}"
+      no_log: true
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: "{{ path | dirname }}"
+        dest: "{{ path | dirname }}.old"
+    - name: "delete existing {{ path | dirname }}"
+      no_log: true
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ path | dirname }}"
+        state: absent
+    - name: "create {{ path | dirname }}"
+      no_log: true
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ path | dirname }}"
+        state: directory