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+Mirror the local git repos to remote nodes
+
+This role uses git operations (unlike :zuul:role:`prepare-workspace`
+which uses rsync) to mirror the local prepared git repos to the remote
+nodes.  This may be useful if the remote node already has a copy of
+some or all of the git repos.
diff --git a/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml
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+- name: Synchronize src repos to workspace directory
+  command: "git push --mirror git+ssh://{{ ansible_user }}@{{ ansible_host }}/{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.src_dir}}"
+  chdir: "{{ zuul.executor.src_root }}/{{ item.src_dir }}"
+  with_items: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Determine local HEAD
+  shell: "git status |head -1 |awk '{ print $NF }'"
+  chdir: "{{ zuul.executor.src_root }}/{{ item.src_dir }}"
+  with_items: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  register: statuses
+
+- name: Checkout local HEAD on remote
+  command: "git checkout {{ item.1 }}"
+  chdir: "{{ zuul.executor.src_root }}/{{ item.0.src_dir }}"
+  with_together:
+    - "{{ zuul.projects }}"
+    - "{{ statuses }}"