How to use Ansible git module pull a branch with local changes?

Question

My git workspace is dirty, there are some local modifications. When I use command git pull origin master it works fine because there is no conflict.

But when I'm trying to use Ansible like git: repo=xxxx dest=xxx version={{branch}} I got error:

Local modifications exist in repository (force=no)

If I add force=yes, then I will lose my local modifications.

What can I do to keep my local changes and pull latest commit from git by using Ansible git module.

Answer 1

You cannot achieve it using the git module.

Ansible checks the result of:

git status --porcelain

and aborts task execution if there are local changes in tracked files, unless force parameter is set to true.

Answer 2

You can use something like :

git: repo=xxxx dest=xxx version={{branch}} force=no
ignore_errors: yes

see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_error_handling.html#ignoring-failed-commands