community.general.gitlab_branch module – Create or delete a branch

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

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 community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in community.general 4.2.0

Synopsis

  • This module allows to create or delete branches.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_job_token

string

added in community.general 4.2.0

GitLab CI job token for logging in.

api_oauth_token

string

added in community.general 4.2.0

GitLab OAuth token for logging in.

api_password

string

The password to use for authentication against the API.

api_token

string

GitLab access token with API permissions.

api_url

string

The resolvable endpoint for the API.

api_username

string

The username to use for authentication against the API.

branch

string / required

The name of the branch that needs to be created.

ca_path

string

added in community.general 8.1.0

The CA certificates bundle to use to verify GitLab server certificate.

project

string / required

The path or name of the project.

ref_branch

string

Reference branch to create from.

This must be specified if state=present.

state

string

Create or delete branch.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

validate_certs

boolean

Whether or not to validate SSL certs when supplying a HTTPS endpoint.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create branch branch2 from main
  community.general.gitlab_branch:
    api_url: https://gitlab.com
    api_token: secret_access_token
    project: "group1/project1"
    branch: branch2
    ref_branch: main
    state: present

- name: Delete branch branch2
  community.general.gitlab_branch:
    api_url: https://gitlab.com
    api_token: secret_access_token
    project: "group1/project1"
    branch: branch2
    state: absent

Authors

  • paytroff (@paytroff)