Fixes #164: Workaround for shallow tag clones not working in Ansible 2.2.

README.md

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ Set this to `true` to install PHP from source instead of installing from package
 The version of PHP to install from source (a git branch, tag, or commit hash).
 
     php_source_clone_dir: "~/php-src"
+    php_source_clone_depth: 1
     php_source_install_path: "/opt/php"
     php_source_install_gmp_path: "/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gmp.h"
 

defaults/main.yml

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ php_display_startup_errors: "Off"
 php_install_from_source: false
 php_source_version: "master"
 php_source_clone_dir: "~/php-src"
+php_source_clone_depth: 1
 php_source_install_path: "/opt/php"
 php_source_install_gmp_path: "/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gmp.h"
 # For faster compile time: "make --jobs=X" where X is # of cores present.

tasks/install-from-source.yml

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     dest: "{{ php_source_clone_dir }}"
     version: "{{ php_source_version }}"
     accept_hostkey: yes
-    depth: 1
+    depth: "{{ php_source_clone_depth }}"
   when: php_installed|failed
 
 - name: Ensure PHP installation path exists.

tests/test-source.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     php_enable_webserver: false
     php_install_from_source: true
     php_source_clone_dir: /root/php-src
+    # Workaround for https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5457
+    php_source_clone_depth: 0
     php_source_make_command: "make --jobs=2"
     php_source_version: "php-7.0.13"
     php_memory_limit: "192M"