[PR #11689/a4bba992 backport][stable-12] composer - make create-project idempotent, add force parameter (#11700)

composer - make `create-project` idempotent, add `force` parameter (#11689)

* composer - make create-project idempotent, add force parameter

Adds a check for an existing composer.json in working_dir before running
create-project, so the task is skipped rather than failing on second run.
A new force parameter allows bypassing this check when needed.

Fixes #725.



* changelog fragment: rename to PR number, add PR URL



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(cherry picked from commit a4bba99203)

Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

plugins/modules/composer.py

@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ options:
         these.
     default: false
     type: bool
+  force:
+    description:
+      - When O(command) is V(create-project), the module checks whether a V(composer.json) already
+        exists in O(working_dir) and skips the command if it does, making the task idempotent.
+      - Set to V(true) to always run the command regardless.
+    default: false
+    type: bool
+    version_added: 12.6.0
   composer_executable:
     type: path
     description:
@@ -139,6 +147,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
     arguments: my/package
 """
 
+import os
 import re
 import shlex
 
@@ -212,6 +221,7 @@ def main():
             optimize_autoloader=dict(default=True, type="bool"),
             classmap_authoritative=dict(default=False, type="bool"),
             ignore_platform_reqs=dict(default=False, type="bool"),
+            force=dict(default=False, type="bool"),
             composer_executable=dict(type="path"),
         ),
         required_if=[("global_command", False, ["working_dir"])],
@@ -257,6 +267,12 @@ def main():
             option = f"--{option}"
             options.append(option)
 
+    working_dir = module.params["working_dir"]
+
+    if command == "create-project" and not module.params["force"]:
+        if working_dir and os.path.exists(os.path.join(working_dir, "composer.json")):
+            module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="composer.json already exists in working_dir, skipping create-project")
+
     if module.check_mode:
         if "dry-run" in available_options:
             options.append("--dry-run")