# get\_url module documentation is incorrect: 'force' does not exist. 'thirsty' works.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-module-documentation-is-incorrect-force-does-not-exist-thirsty-works/12462>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [March 6, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-module-documentation-is-incorrect-force-does-not-exist-thirsty-works/12462 "2013-03-06T16:27:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-module-documentation-is-incorrect-force-does-not-exist-thirsty-works/12462/1 "2013-03-06T16:27:08Z")

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Hi Marcus,

We should fix up the documentation, we renamed 'thirsty' to 'force'  
and added thirsty as an alias for backwards compatibility in 1.1.

It seems like your checkout of 1.1 might need a "git pull --rebase" to  
bring it up to the latest.

--Michael

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**Author:** ![Dag\_Wieers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Dag\_Wieers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dag_Wieers)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-module-documentation-is-incorrect-force-does-not-exist-thirsty-works/12462/2 "2013-03-06T16:49:45Z")

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Right, changes like these might confuse users (something I didn't think of when switching the alias) but this could be avoided by keeping the documentation after each release in some sort of archive. Or at least separate the development documentation from the stable.

Shouldn't be hard, however we loose a bit of the flexibility we have now. This becomes more important if environments choose to stick to a specific release for a longer period of time. (Ansible is maturing nicely that this may become a necessity)

I bet AnsibleWorks has this already thought through and are in the execution phase ! Right ? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-module-documentation-is-incorrect-force-does-not-exist-thirsty-works/12462/3 "2013-03-06T17:10:41Z")

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> I bet AnsibleWorks has this already thought through and are in the execution  
> phase ! Right ? 🙂

Execution phase not so much, but overhauling docs is in plan, yes! 🙂

So we'll remember to version them too 🙂