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subversion - Deploys a subversion repository.

Synopsis

Deploy given repository URL / revision to dest. If dest exists, update to the specified revision, otherwise perform a checkout.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
checkout
(added in 2.3)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
If no, do not check out the repository if it does not exist locally
dest
 yes
Absolute path where the repository should be deployed.
executable
(added in 1.4)
 no
Path to svn executable to use. If not supplied, the normal mechanism for resolving binary paths will be used.
export
(added in 1.6)
 no no
  • yes
  • no
If yes, do export instead of checkout/update.
force
 no no
  • yes
  • no
If yes, modified files will be discarded. If no, module will fail if it encounters modified files. Prior to 1.9 the default was `yes`.
password
 no
--password parameter passed to svn.
repo
 yes
The subversion URL to the repository.
aliases: name, repository
revision
 no HEAD
Specific revision to checkout.
aliases: version
switch
(added in 2.0)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
If no, do not call svn switch before update.
update
(added in 2.3)
 no yes
  • yes
  • no
If no, do not retrieve new revisions from the origin repository
username
 no
--username parameter passed to svn.

Examples

# Checkout subversion repository to specified folder.
- subversion: repo=svn+ssh://an.example.org/path/to/repo dest=/src/checkout

# Export subversion directory to folder
- subversion: repo=svn+ssh://an.example.org/path/to/repo dest=/src/export export=True

# Example just get information about the repository whether or not it has
# already been cloned locally.
- subversion: repo=svn+ssh://an.example.org/path/to/repo dest=/srv/checkout checkout=no update=no

Notes

Note

Requires svn to be installed on the client.

Note

This module does not handle externals

This is a Core Module

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© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/subversion_module.html