Thanks for the pointer to that issue. I'll move the discussion there.
On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 12:15:28 UTC+11, tkuratomi wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > 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/658850b1-1dc1-429c-85e7-a22b894ff659%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
