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Next, we will consider the Ansible git module, its capabilities and advantages. This tool will perfectly allow you to carry out many operations that will be associated with version control on remote hosts. It is part of the ansible core and is available with any default Ansible installation. Using the git module, you clone repositories, create archives from repositories, receive pull requests, and many other operations.

Ansible clone repository

You can clone the git repository. You can do it like this:

---
- hosts: all
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Example
git:
repo: "https://mydomain.com/repo"
dest: ~/user/repo
clone: yes
update: yes

Ansible Checkout Git Repository

If you need to check out a specific repository using the Ansible git module, you can use the following:

---
- hosts: all
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Example
git:
repo: "https://mydomain.org/repo.git"
dest: ~/user/repo

Ansible single clone branch

This is due to the fact that one branch is being cloned from the repo.

---
- hosts: all
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Example
git:
repo: "https://mydomain.org/repo"
dest: ~/user/repo
single_branch: yes
version: branch1