Tweak the Reductionist's ansible build so we can:

 - control where the Reductionist is checked out
 - control the clone altogether, disable it and we'll use an existing checkout without overwriting local changeswq

Author: maxstack

deployment/group_vars/all

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ reductionist_build_image: true
 reductionist_src_url: "http://github.com/stackhpc/reductionist-rs"
 # Source version.
 reductionist_src_version: "deployment/test"
+# Location for the repo
+reductionist_repo_location: "{{ ansible_facts.env.HOME }}/reductionist-rs"
+# Whether to clone and checkout,
+# use this to disable the checkout and use an existing repo with local modifications.
+reductionist_clone_repo: "true"
 # Container name.
 reductionist_name: "reductionist"
 # Container image name.

deployment/site.yml

@@ -373,15 +373,15 @@
     - name: Clone reductionist repo
       ansible.builtin.git:
         repo: "{{ reductionist_src_url }}"
-        dest: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/reductionist-rs"
+        dest: "{{ reductionist_repo_location }}"
         version: "{{ reductionist_src_version }}"
-      when: reductionist_build_image | bool
+      when: reductionist_build_image | bool and reductionist_clone_repo | bool
 
     - name: Ensure reductionist image is built
       containers.podman.podman_image:
         name: "{{ reductionist_image }}"
         tag: "{{ reductionist_tag }}"
-        path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/reductionist-rs"
+        path: "{{ reductionist_repo_location }}"
       when: reductionist_build_image | bool
 
     - name: Ensure reductionist container is running