ansible.builtin.subversion – Deploys a subversion repository

Note

This module is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name subversion even without specifying the collections: keyword. However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the module documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same module name.

New in version 0.7: of ansible.builtin

Synopsis

  • Deploy given repository URL / revision to dest. If dest exists, update to the specified revision, otherwise perform a checkout.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • subversion (the command line tool with svn entrypoint)

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
checkout
boolean
added in 2.3 of ansible.builtin
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, do not check out the repository if it does not exist locally.
dest
path
Absolute path where the repository should be deployed.
The destination directory must be specified unless checkout=no, update=no, and export=no.
executable
path
added in 1.4 of ansible.builtin
Path to svn executable to use. If not supplied, the normal mechanism for resolving binary paths will be used.
export
boolean
added in 1.6 of ansible.builtin
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If yes, do export instead of checkout/update.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If yes, modified files will be discarded. If no, module will fail if it encounters modified files. Prior to 1.9 the default was yes.
in_place
boolean
added in 2.6 of ansible.builtin
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If the directory exists, then the working copy will be checked-out over-the-top using svn checkout --force; if force is specified then existing files with different content are reverted.
password
string
--password parameter passed to svn when svn is less than version 1.10.0. This is not secure and the password will be leaked to argv.
--password-from-stdin parameter when svn is greater or equal to version 1.10.0.
repo
string / required
The subversion URL to the repository.

aliases: name, repository
revision
string
Default:
"HEAD"
Specific revision to checkout.

aliases: rev, version
switch
boolean
added in 2.0 of ansible.builtin
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, do not call svn switch before update.
update
boolean
added in 2.3 of ansible.builtin
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, do not retrieve new revisions from the origin repository.
username
string
--username parameter passed to svn.
validate_certs
boolean
added in 2.11 of ansible.builtin
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If no, passes the --trust-server-cert flag to svn.
If yes, does not pass the flag.

Notes

Note

  • This module does not handle externals.
  • Supports check_mode.

Examples

- name: Checkout subversion repository to specified folder
  ansible.builtin.subversion:
    repo: svn+ssh://an.example.org/path/to/repo
    dest: /src/checkout

- name: Export subversion directory to folder
  ansible.builtin.subversion:
    repo: svn+ssh://an.example.org/path/to/repo
    dest: /src/export
    export: yes

- name: Get information about the repository whether or not it has already been cloned locally
  ansible.builtin.subversion:
    repo: svn+ssh://an.example.org/path/to/repo
    dest: /src/checkout
    checkout: no
    update: no

Authors

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/subversion_module.html