Set up VIM via an Ansible playbook task

user-setup_vim_and_friends.yaml

---
  # this task list should be called via 'import_tasks'
  - name: "Set a variable with a timestamp"
    set_fact:
      timestamp: "{{lookup('pipe', 'date \"+%Y-%m-%d.%H%M\"')}}"

### SET UP VIM
  - name: "Copying '~/.vimrc' to '~/.vimrc.{{ timestamp }}'"
    copy:
      src: "~/.vimrc"
      dest: "~/.vimrc.{{ timestamp }}"
      # octal mode apparently always needs the leading '0', which is confusing
      owner: "{{ user_name }}"
      group: "{{ user_group }}"
      mode: 0644
      remote_src: yes

  - name: "Remove '~/.vimrc' file"
    file:
      path: "~/.vimrc"
      state: absent

### SET UP VIM on the remote host
  - name: "Set up VIM directories for '{{ user_name }}'"
    file:
      # from "vars/vim_plugins.yaml"
      path: "{{ vim_subdirs_list }}"
      owner: "{{ user_name }}"
      group: "{{ user_group }}"
      state: "directory"
      mode: 0700

### INSTALL Pathogen
#  - name: "Install Pathogen via 'get_url'"
#    get_url:
#      url: "https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim"
#      dest: "~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim"
#      owner: "{{ user_name }}"
#      group: "{{ user_group }}"
#      mode: 0644


#  - name: "Copy Pathogen '~/.vimrc'"
#    copy:
#      src: ../files/vimrc.pathogen.vim
#      dest: "{{ user_home_dir }}/.vimrc"
#      owner: "{{ user_name }}"
#      group: "{{ user_group }}"
#      mode: 0644
#      backup: yes

#  - name: "Clone 'Deoplete' and 'snippet' repos"
#    git:
#      repo: "{{ item }}"
#      dest: "{{ vim_bundle_path }}"
#      force: yes
#      update: yes
#    loop:
#      - "https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim.git"
#      - "https://github.com/Shougo/neosnippet.vim.git"
#      - "https://github.com/roxma/nvim-yarp.git"
#      - "https://github.com/roxma/vim-hug-neovim-rpc.git"
#      - "https://github.com/honza/vim-snippets.git"
#    become: yes
#    become_user: "{{ user_name }}"

#  - name: "Install 'pynvim' Python module for VIM"
#    shell: >
#      pip3 install --user pynvim
#    become: yes
#    become_user: "{{ user_name }}"

### INSTALL CoC
  - name: "Install Conqueror of Completion via 'get_url'"
    get_url:
      url: "https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim/archive/release.tar.gz"
      dest: "{{ vim_plugs_path }}"
      owner: "{{ user_name }}"
      group: "{{ user_group }}"
      mode: 0644

  - name: "Unarchive 'Conqueror of Completion'"
    unarchive:
      src: "{{ vim_plugs_path }}/coc.nvim-release.tar.gz"
      dest: "{{ vim_plugs_path }}"
      owner: "{{ user_name }}"
      group: "{{ user_group }}"
      list_files: True
      remote_src: yes

  - name: "Remove 'Conqueror of Completion' 'coc.nvim-release.tar.gz'"
    file:
      path: "{{ vim_plugs_path}}/coc.nvim-release.tar.gz"
      state: absent

# difference between 'start' and 'opt' plugin directories
# - https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/20810/
# using regular expression functions as filters
# - https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#searching-strings-with-regular-expressions
# - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55046531/ansible-regex-search-with-variable

  - name: "Clone plugins into '{{ vim_plugs_path }}'"
    git:
      # from "vars/vim_plugins.yaml"
      repo: "{{ vim_plugs_list }}"
      dest: "{{ vim_plugs_path }}/{{ item | regex_replace('.*/(.*)$', '\\1')}}"
      force: yes
      update: yes
    loop:
    become: yes
    become_user: "{{ user_name }}"

  - name: "Clone VIM syntax plugins into '{{ vim_syns_path }}'"
    git:
      # from "vars/vim_plugins.yaml"
      repo: "{{ vim_syns_list }}"
      dest: "{{ vim_syns_path }}/{{ item | regex_replace('.*/(.*)$', '\\1')}}"
      force: yes
      update: yes
    loop:
    become: yes
    become_user: "{{ user_name }}"

### WRITE RECEIPT ###
  - name: "Set 'playbook_name' and call 'ansible-write_playbook_receipt'"
    set_fact: playbook_name="user-setup_vim_and_friends-{{user_name}}"

  # write a receipt for this playbook
  - import_tasks: ../tasks/ansible-write_playbook_receipt.yaml
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