ansible.git(3) - Linux man page

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git - Deploy software (or files) from git checkouts

Manage git checkouts of repositories to deploy files or software.

dest Absolute path of where the repository should be checked out to.(required) force If yes, any modified files in the working repository will be discarded. Prior to 0.7, this was always 'yes' and could not be disabled. Choices: yes,no. (default: yes)(Added in Ansible version 0.7.) remote Name of the remote. (default: origin) repo git, SSH, or HTTP protocol address of the git repository.(required)
version: What version of the repository to check out. This can be the git SHA, the literal string HEAD, a branch name, or a tag name. (default: HEAD)."

Example git checkout from Ansible Playbooks

git: repo=git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git dest=/srv/checkout version=release-0.22

Michael DeHaan