---
- name: get container info
  become: true
  become_user: "{{ podman_user }}"
  containers.podman.podman_container_info:
    name: "{{ container_name }}"
  register: container

- name: check
  debug:
    msg: "image '{{ container.containers[0]['ImageName'] }}' not equivalent to '{{ container_image }}'!"
  when: container.containers[0]["ImageName"] != container_image
  ignore_errors: true

- name: delete container if necessary
  become: true
  become_user: "{{ podman_user }}"
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: "{{ container_name }}"
    state: absent
  when: container.containers[0]["ImageName"] != container_image
  ignore_errors: true