I don't know the proper answer to your question, the docs definitely could be interpreted either way right now. And there does seem to be a use case for update=no not doing an initial clone but you're not the first person to request update=no to do an initial clone:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/426 -Toshio On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Cliffano Subagio <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to get some clarification on the intention of update option in > git module. > > My original understanding: > - when update=yes, then repo will be cloned once and then updated via git > pull every time > - when update=no, then repo will be cloned once but would never be updated > with git pull and it will just return repo information > > Which seemed correct until this change > https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/28f6a18ef6add2f43b0e9a489f5d914f3b882403 > which fixed this issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/8630 . > > After the change: > - when update=yes, the behaviour is still the same as my original > understanding > - when update=no, then the module will never be cloned it will just return > repo information. this is the confusing part because 'update' by definition > indicates updating an already cloned repo. The change also means that it's > no longer possible to clone the repo once only without further updates, > which I think would be a common use case. > > The documentation on http://docs.ansible.com/git_module.html only mentions > "If no, just returns information about the repository without updating." > Is it the intention that update=no means to never clone? > If so, is there any other way to support clone once and never update? > > Cheers, > Cliff. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/a0a716ee-3560-4d7c-b8b4-0e14e4d468b6%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAG9juEp%2Bqr2z0uWhK1OOs%2Bk334kdRSjPbF2gw%3DEMk77m%3DSNYRg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
