- name: check if parent dir exists
  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