ansible/ansible — pull request #8275 by PinGwynn (2014-07-24 10:20:20+00:00)
Title: file: protect links from removal in state=absent

Added new optional parameter "protect=yes|"
If protect option set in yes and state=absent, hard/symlinks will be protected from removal
Default value = no (if state=absent, dirs,files,links will be removed)