this is stupid

roles/ensureparentdir/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 - name: check if parent dir exists
-  debug:
+  register: stat_output
-    msg: "{{ path }}"
+  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