ansible.posix.patch module – Apply patch files using the GNU patch tool

Note

This module is part of the ansible.posix collection (version 1.5.4).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.posix.patch.

New in ansible.posix 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Apply patch files using the GNU patch tool.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

backup

boolean

Passes --backup --version-control=numbered to patch, producing numbered backup copies.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

basedir

path

Path of a base directory in which the patch file will be applied.

May be omitted when dest option is specified, otherwise required.

binary

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

dest

aliases: originalfile

path

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.

ignore_whitespace

boolean

Setting to true will ignore white space changes between patch and input.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

remote_src

boolean

If false, it will search for src at originating/controller machine, if true it will go to the remote/target machine for the src.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

src

aliases: patchfile

path / required

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.

state

string

Whether the patch should be applied or reverted.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

strip

integer

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.

Default: 0

Notes

Note

  • This module requires GNU patch utility to be installed on the remote host.

Examples

- 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

Authors

  • Jakub Jirutka (@jirutka)

  • Luis Alberto Perez Lazaro (@luisperlaz)