copy: add create_parent option for file destinations #86331
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SUMMARY
Add create_parent option to ansible.builtin.copy and ansible.builtin.template to explicitly create the parent directory of a file destination when it does not exist.
This makes existing implicit behavior explicit and controllable without changing default behavior.
Fixes: #85795
Signed-off-by: Jason Hall [email protected]
ISSUE TYPE
Feature Pull Request
COMPONENT NAME
lib/ansible/modules/copy.py
lib/ansible/modules/template.py
lib/ansible/plugins/action/template.py