Unable to run `git describe` on localhost for current running template

[gforster]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

SUMMARY

git commands for currently used repo are unavailable. Unable to run git describe on localhost for current running template

ENVIRONMENT

• AWX version: 9.3.0
• AWX install method: openshift
• Ansible version: 2.9.1
• Operating System: RHEL 7.6
• Web Browser: firefox

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Run the following tasks:

• name: get last git tag command: git describe delegate_to: localhost register: output

• debug: msg="{{ output }}"

EXPECTED RESULTS

v1.3.0-5-5c1f940

ACTUAL RESULTS

TASK get last git tag] *** fatal: [my-test-host -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["git", "describe"], "delta": "0:00:00.010565", "end": "2020-05-06 17:34:22.161630", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 128, "start": "2020-05-06 17:34:22.151065", "stderr": "fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.", "stderr_lines": ["fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything."], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[wenottingham]

We make a copy of the repo for playbook execution; it may not be able to be treated as a live repo.

What automation decisions/tasks are you using this information to inform?

[gforster]

In doing a server build, I need to create a set of local facts, the most important being the version of the build, which is equal to the git tag. This allows me to treat servers appropriately based on the version of the Ansible playbook that provisioned them. This works wonderfully well in Ansible engine.

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[ryanpetrello]

Hey @gforster,

I'm guessing the way that AWX copies the repo for playbook execution probably isn't persisting tags. Would something like git rev-parse --short HEAD meet your needs, or do you actually need the git tag?