--- - name: Install etckeeper (Archlinux) become: true pacman: name: - etckeeper when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Archlinux' - name: Install etckeeper (Debian) become: true apt: name: - etckeeper when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Debian' - name: Copy gitconfig for root become: true template: src: gitconfig.j2 dest: /root/.gitconfig backup: true - name: Check if etckeeper is initialized stat: path: /etc/.git register: etckeeper_git - name: Initialize etckeeper become: true command: etckeeper init when: not etckeeper_git.stat.exists - name: Check if first commit exists become: true command: cmd: git status chdir: /etc register: git_status changed_when: false - name: Make first commit become: true command: etckeeper commit 'First commit' when: "'No commits yet' in git_status.stdout"