Apply patch files using the GNU patch tool
Version added: 1.0.0
- Apply patch files using the GNU patch tool.
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backup
boolean
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Passes --backup --version-control=numbered to patch, producing numbered backup copies.
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basedir
path
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Path of a base directory in which the patch file will be applied.
May be omitted when dest option is specified, otherwise required.
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binary
boolean
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Setting to true will disable patch's heuristic for transforming CRLF line endings into LF.
Line endings of src and dest must match.
If set to false , patch will replace CRLF in src files on POSIX.
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dest
path
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Path of the file on the remote machine to be patched.
The names of the files to be patched are usually taken from the patch file, but if there's just one file to be patched it can specified with this option.
aliases: originalfile
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ignore_whitespace
boolean
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Setting to true will ignore white space changes between patch and input.
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remote_src
boolean
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If false , it will search for src at originating/controller machine, if true it will go to the remote/target machine for the src .
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src
path
/ required
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Path of the patch file as accepted by the GNU patch tool. If remote_src is false , the patch source file is looked up from the module's files directory.
aliases: patchfile
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state
string
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Choices:
- absent
present ←
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Whether the patch should be applied or reverted.
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strip
integer
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Default:
0
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Number that indicates the smallest prefix containing leading slashes that will be stripped from each file name found in the patch file.
For more information see the strip parameter of the GNU patch tool.
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Note
- This module requires GNU patch utility to be installed on the remote host.
- name: Apply patch to one file
ansible.posix.patch:
src: /tmp/index.html.patch
dest: /var/www/index.html
- name: Apply patch to multiple files under basedir
ansible.posix.patch:
src: /tmp/customize.patch
basedir: /var/www
strip: 1
- name: Revert patch to one file
ansible.posix.patch:
src: /tmp/index.html.patch
dest: /var/www/index.html
state: absent
- Jakub Jirutka (@jirutka)
- Luis Alberto Perez Lazaro (@luisperlaz)