Fix Creating user directory using tilde always reports "changed" #83113
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SUMMARY
Fixes the issue of when Creating user directory using tilde, ansible always reports "changed"(#82490). along with an integration test to prevent regression. Fixed this issue through changing the spec from 'string' to 'path' for shell. This allowed for auto expansion of the tilde in user provided shell variable.
Fixes #82490
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