community.general.github_repo – Manage your repositories on Github

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.github_repo.

New in version 2.2.0: of community.general

Synopsis

• Manages Github repositories using PyGithub library.

• Authentication can be done with access_token or with username and password.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• PyGithub>=1.54

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
access_token string		Token parameter for authentication. This is only needed when not using username and password.
description string	Default: ""	Description for the repository. This is only used when state is present.
name string / required		Repository name.
organization string		Organization for the repository. When state is present, the repository will be created in the current user profile.
password string		Password used for authentication. This is only needed when not using access_token.
private boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Whether the new repository should be private or not. This is only used when state is present.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Whether the repository should exist or not.
username string		Username used for authentication. This is only needed when not using access_token.

Notes

Note

• For Python 3, PyGithub>=1.54 should be used.

• For Python 3.5, PyGithub==1.54 should be used. More information: https://pygithub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#version-1-54-november-30-2020.

• For Python 2.7, PyGithub==1.45 should be used. More information: https://pygithub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#version-1-45-december-29-2019.

• Supports check_mode.

Examples

- name: Create a Github repository
  community.general.github_repo:
    access_token: mytoken
    organization: MyOrganization
    name: myrepo
    description: "Just for fun"
    private: yes
    state: present
  register: result

- name: Delete the repository
  community.general.github_repo:
    username: octocat
    password: password
    organization: MyOrganization
    name: myrepo
    state: absent
  register: result

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
repo dictionary	success and state is present	Repository information as JSON. See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#get-a-repository.

Authors

• Álvaro Torres Cogollo (@atorrescogollo)