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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright:  Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'core'}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+author:
+    - "Ansible Core Team (@ansible)"
+module: import_tasks
+short_description: import a task list.
+description:
+     - Imports a list of tasks to be added to the current playbook for subsequent execution.
+version_added: "2.4"
+options:
+  free-form:
+    description:
+        - This action allows you to specify the name of the file directly w/o any other options.
+        - Any loops, conditionals and most other keywords will be applied to the included tasks, not to this statement itself.
+        - If you need any of those to apply to this action, use M(include_tasks) instead.
+notes:
+    - This is really not a module, this is a feature of the Ansible Engine, as such it cannot be overridden the same way a module can.
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+# include task list in play
+- hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - debug:
+        msg: task1
+
+    - import_tasks: stuff.yml
+
+    - debug:
+        msg: task10
+
+# apply conditional to all imported tasks
+- hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - debug:
+        msg: task1
+
+    - include: stuff.yml"
+      when: hostvar is defined
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+# this module does not return anything except tasks to execute
+"""