git_config - Read and write git configuration

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • The git_config module changes git configuration by invoking ‘git config’. This is needed if you don’t want to use template for the entire git config file (e.g. because you need to change just user.email in /etc/.git/config). Solutions involving command are cumbersone or don’t work correctly in check mode.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • git

Options

parameter required default choices comments
list_all
 no
  • yes
  • no
List all settings (optionally limited to a given scope)
name
 no
The name of the setting. If no value is supplied, the value will be read from the config if it has been set.
repo
 no
Path to a git repository for reading and writing values from a specific repo.
scope
 no
  • local
  • global
  • system
Specify which scope to read/set values from. This is required when setting config values. If this is set to local, you must also specify the repo parameter. It defaults to system only when not using list_all=yes.
value
 no
When specifying the name of a single setting, supply a value to set that setting to the given value.

Examples

# Set some settings in ~/.gitconfig
- git_config:
    name: alias.ci
    scope: global
    value: commit

- git_config:
    name: alias.st
    scope: global
    value: status

# Or system-wide:
- git_config:
    name: alias.remotev
    scope: system
    value: remote -v

- git_config:
    name: core.editor
    scope: global
    value: vim

# scope=system is the default
- git_config:
    name: alias.diffc
    value: diff --cached

- git_config:
    name: color.ui
    value: auto

# Make etckeeper not complain when invoked by cron
- git_config:
    name: user.email
    repo: /etc
    scope: local
    value: 'root@{{ ansible_fqdn }}'

# Read individual values from git config
- git_config:
    name: alias.ci
    scope: global

# scope: system is also assumed when reading values, unless list_all=yes
- git_config:
    name: alias.diffc

# Read all values from git config
- git_config:
    list_all: yes
    scope: global

# When list_all=yes and no scope is specified, you get configuration from all scopes
- git_config:
    list_all: yes

# Specify a repository to include local settings
- git_config:
    list_all: yes
    repo: /path/to/repo.git

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
config_value
When list_all=no and value is not set, a string containing the value of the setting in name
 success string vim
config_values
When list_all=yes, a dict containing key/value pairs of multiple configuration settings
 success dictionary {'core.editor': 'vim', 'color.ui': 'auto', 'alias.diffc': 'diff --cached', 'alias.remotev': 'remote -v'}

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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