playbook-test.sh

#!/bin/sh

### Requires python virtualenv to be available

if [ ! -e playbook-test ]; then
   mkdir playbook-test
fi

cd playbook-test
virtualenv pbtest
source pbtest/bin/activate
git clone git@github.com:ansible/ansible.git
pushd ansible
git checkout v1.7.2
git submodule update --init lib/ansible/modules/core
git submodule update --init lib/ansible/modules/extras
git submodule update --init v2/ansible/modules/core
git submodule update --init v2/ansible/modules/extras
pushd hacking
source env-setup
popd
popd
pip install pyyaml jinja2 nose passlib pycrypto
touch realfile.txt
cat << EOF > playbook.yml
---
- hosts: all
  gather_facts: False 
  tasks:
  - name: link a file
    file: src=realfile.txt dest=linkfile.txt state=link
EOF
echo 'localhost ansible_connection=local' > hosts.ini

ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i hosts.ini
ansible --version