clone a specific branch from git through ansible playbook

Question

I am using ansible to deploy my app. I am cloning the app from github using the following:

- name: Deploy site files from Github repository
  sudo: yes
  git: repo=git@github.com:xyz/abc.git dest=/home/{{deploy_user}}/{{app_name}} key_file=/home/ubuntu/.ssh/id_rsa accept_hostkey=yes force=yes

I want to clone a specific branch from the repository. I read the documentation of ansible but couldn't find any option to clone a specific branch. It has an option to clone a version but not branch.

score 70 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '15 at 09:58

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From the documentation:

version

What version of the repository to check out. This can be the full 40-character SHA-1 hash, the literal string HEAD, a branch name, or a tag name.

(emphasis mine)

answered Oct 31 '15 at 09:58

JB Nizet

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Note: the docu is now at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/git_module.html#parameter-version – kghbln May 19 '21 at 09:59

score 42 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:14

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Use version, here's the example from the docs:

- git:
    repo: git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git
    dest: /srv/checkout
    version: dev

answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:14

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Note: the docu is now at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/git_module.html#parameter-version – kghbln May 19 '21 at 09:59

clone a specific branch from git through ansible playbook

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