# Git module problem ? or maybe not... **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [September 20, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914 "2012-09-20T19:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PePe\_Amengual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@PePe\_Amengual](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PePe_Amengual)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914/1 "2012-09-20T19:07:52Z")
Hi. I’m running a simple playbook with using the git module : - name: Exporting git ansible-vagrant git repo action: git repo=git://github.com/username/ansible-vagrant.git dest=$local\_dir/ansible-vagrant version=dev and I get this : TASK: [Exporting git ansible-vagrant git repo] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [127.0.0.1] =\> failed to parse: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/Users/jamengual/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1348164119.69-135879337996804/git”, line 497, in main() File “/Users/jamengual/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1348164119.69-135879337996804/git”, line 187, in main (rc, out, err) = switch\_version(module, dest, remote, version) File “/Users/jamengual/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1348164119.69-135879337996804/git”, line 126, in switch\_version os.chdir(dest) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘~/project/ansible-vagrant’ But the directory gets created anyways and the repo is cloned so my question is : does the git module create the dst directory if it doesn’t exist like the git command does ? ( or it does it handle that feature ?) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![PePe\_Amengual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@PePe\_Amengual](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PePe_Amengual)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914/2 "2012-09-21T03:50:53Z")
Sorry I was reading my post and I just notice that is totally understandable!!! So I know that the git module is creating the directory but is but is sending this error and skiping al the rest of the task so I don’t know if the ansible git module is supposed to handle this error or could be another git bug ? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914/3 "2012-09-21T12:20:48Z")
On vacation without a computer right now, just the phone… Someone want to take a look at the module src and try to figure it out? – Michael ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Hokka\_Zakriss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Daniel\_Hokka\_Zakriss](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Hokka_Zakriss)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914/4 "2012-09-21T17:17:38Z")
PePe Amengual wrote: > Sorry I was reading my post and I just notice that is > totally understandable!!! > > So I know that the git module is creating the directory but is but is > sending this error and skiping al the rest of the task so I don't know if > the ansible git module is supposed to handle this error or could be > another > git bug ? For now, just expanding the path yourself should do the trick, i.e. replacing ~ with whatever the home directory of the current user is. I'll submit a fix for the module to do this. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![PePe\_Amengual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@PePe\_Amengual](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PePe_Amengual)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914/5 "2012-09-21T18:10:23Z")
ok I changed that and seems to be working ok with the fully qualified path. could that fix be added to the command module too ? failed: [127.0.0.1] =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “the path for ‘chdir’ argument must be fully qualified”} after doing : - name: Starting Vagrant Vm action: command chdir=$local\_dir vagrant up and local\_dir is relative to the home directory too. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914/6 "2012-09-21T18:42:43Z")
Yes, the module just needs an os.path.expanduser added. – Michael ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Hokka\_Zakriss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Daniel\_Hokka\_Zakriss](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Hokka_Zakriss)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914/7 "2012-09-21T18:52:32Z")
PePe Amengual wrote: > ok I changed that and seems to be working ok with the fully qualified > path. > > could that fix be added to the command module too ? No, the command module already does this. > failed: [127.0.0.1] =\> {"failed": true, "msg": "the path for 'chdir' > argument must be fully qualified"} > > after doing : > > - name: Starting Vagrant Vm >        action: command chdir=$local\_dir vagrant up > > and local\_dir is relative to the home directory too. What is the value of $local\_dir? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![PePe\_Amengual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@PePe\_Amengual](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PePe_Amengual)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914/8 "2012-09-21T21:55:28Z")
testproject just that is relative to the where the playbook is. this playbook runs a bunch of command to localhost so I’m running ansible from the directory where all the files are and then I do a cleanup. Thanks Daniel.