- name: '[getting folder state for: {{ __path__ }}]'
  stat:
    path: '{{ __path__ }}'
  register: __folder_stats__
- name: '[create directory: {{ __path__}}]'
  file:
    path: '{{ __path__ | default(omit) }}'
    owner: '{{ __owner__ | default(omit) }}'
    group: '{{ __group__ | default(omit) }}'
    mode: '{{ __mode__ | default(omit) }}'
    recurse: true
    state: directory
  when: not __folder_stats__.stat.exists or __force_chown__