Ansible Role: Build Git from source

An ansible role to build a git version from source code for Linux based systems.

Requirements

The role targets Linux systems.

It will install git from source code and prepend the system path with the installed version.

• Works with systems behind proxy servers
• Validates checksum after fetching the source code archive

Git will be installed under: /usr/src/git-{{git_version}}. The system's PATH variable will be prepended with the location, defined in: /etc/profile.d/git-path.sh

Note: The role requires become features enabled.

Role Variables

Optional:

git_version: "2.21.0" # A valid git version

git_proxy_env: { # Override if needed
  no_proxy: ""
}

If you are behind a proxy, you may override the git_proxy_env with a list of proxy environment variables.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

    - hosts: localhost
      roles:
        - role: nioniosfr.git_source # ansible-galaxy

        - role: ansible-role-git-source # github clone

License

MIT

Author Information

NioniosFr