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Ansible network backup

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    Jimmy Lai
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Introduction

Git addresses this issue using submodules. Submodules allow you to keep a Git repository as a subdirectory of another Git repository. This lets you clone another repository into your project and keep your commits separate.

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git submodule add git@github.com:ciscops/ansible-network-backup.git network-backup

- hosts: network
  gather_facts: no
  connection: network_cli
  tasks:
    - include_role:
        name: network-backup
      vars:
        network_backup_repository: 'git@github.com:repo/backups.git'