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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@

+bugfixes:

+  - find module, fix default pattern when use_regex is true.

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ options:

               first letter of any of those words (e.g., "1w").

         type: str

     patterns:

-        default: '*'

+        default: []

         description:

             - One or more (shell or regex) patterns, which type is controlled by C(use_regex) option.

             - The patterns restrict the list of files to be returned to those whose basenames match at

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ options:

             - This parameter expects a list, which can be either comma separated or YAML. If any of the

               patterns contain a comma, make sure to put them in a list to avoid splitting the patterns

               in undesirable ways.

+            - Defaults to '*' when C(use_regex=False), or '.*' when C(use_regex=True).

         type: list

         aliases: [ pattern ]

         elements: str

@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ def main():

     module = AnsibleModule(

         argument_spec=dict(

             paths=dict(type='list', required=True, aliases=['name', 'path'], elements='str'),

-            patterns=dict(type='list', default=['*'], aliases=['pattern'], elements='str'),

+            patterns=dict(type='list', default=[], aliases=['pattern'], elements='str'),

             excludes=dict(type='list', aliases=['exclude'], elements='str'),

             contains=dict(type='str'),

             read_whole_file=dict(type='bool', default=False),

@@ -395,6 +396,16 @@ def main():

     params = module.params

+    # Set the default match pattern to either a match-all glob or

+    # regex depending on use_regex being set.  This makes sure if you

+    # set excludes: without a pattern pfilter gets something it can

+    # handle.

+    if not params['patterns']:

+        if params['use_regex']:

+            params['patterns'] = ['.*']

+        else:

+            params['patterns'] = ['*']

+

     filelist = []

     if params['age'] is None:

@@ -251,3 +251,24 @@

           # dir contents are considered until the depth exceeds the requested depth

           # there are 8 files/directories in the requested depth and 4 that exceed it by 1

           - files_with_depth.examined == 12

+- name: exclude with regex

+  find:

+    paths: "{{ output_dir_test }}"

+    recurse: yes

+    use_regex: true

+    exclude: .*\.ogg

+  register: find_test3

+# Note that currently sane ways of doing this with map() or

+# selectattr() aren't available in centos6 era jinja2 ...

+- set_fact:

+    find_test3_list: >-

+      [ {% for f in find_test3.files %}

+      {{ f.path }}

+      {% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}

+      {% endfor %}

+      ]

+- debug: var=find_test3_list

+- name: assert we skipped the ogg file

+  assert:

+    that:

+      - '"{{ output_dir_test }}/e/f/g/h/8.ogg" not in find_test3_list'