Ansible - non-updatable resources should be deleted/created

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_address.py

@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    module.fail_json(msg="Address cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+    create(module, collection(module), kind)
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_global_address.py

@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    module.fail_json(msg="GlobalAddress cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+    create(module, collection(module), kind)
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance_template.py

@@ -953,7 +953,8 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    module.fail_json(msg="InstanceTemplate cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+    create(module, collection(module), kind)
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_interconnect_attachment.py

@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    module.fail_json(msg="InterconnectAttachment cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+    create(module, collection(module), kind)
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_route.py

@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    module.fail_json(msg="Route cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+    create(module, collection(module), kind)
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate.py

@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    module.fail_json(msg="SslCertificate cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+    create(module, collection(module), kind)
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway.py

@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    module.fail_json(msg="TargetVpnGateway cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+    create(module, collection(module), kind)
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_vpn_tunnel.py

@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    module.fail_json(msg="VpnTunnel cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module), kind)
+    create(module, collection(module), kind)
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_pubsub_topic.py

@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ def create(module, link):
 
 
 def update(module, link):
-    module.fail_json(msg="Topic cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module))
+    create(module, self_link(module))
 
 
 def delete(module, link):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_sourcerepo_repository.py

@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ def create(module, link):
 
 
 def update(module, link):
-    module.fail_json(msg="Repository cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module))
+    create(module, collection(module))
 
 
 def delete(module, link):

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_spanner_database.py

@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ def create(module, link):
 
 
 def update(module, link):
-    module.fail_json(msg="Database cannot be edited")
+    delete(module, self_link(module))
+    create(module, collection(module))
 
 
 def delete(module, link):