diff --git a/roles/configure-mirrors/handlers/main.yaml b/roles/configure-mirrors/handlers/main.yaml
index 0b1352ac3..ab031fcf7 100644
--- a/roles/configure-mirrors/handlers/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/configure-mirrors/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 - name: Update apt cache
   become: yes
   command: apt-get update
+  # skip linting for above comment
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Update dnf cache
   become: yes
@@ -23,4 +26,4 @@
   command: "{{ item }}"
   with_items:
     - zypper clean
-    - zypper refresh
\ No newline at end of file
+    - zypper refresh
diff --git a/roles/emit-job-header/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/emit-job-header/tasks/main.yaml
index 93e962887..2bb7ec249 100644
--- a/roles/emit-job-header/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/emit-job-header/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-- include_role:
+- name: include the log path role
+  include_role:
     name: set-zuul-log-path-fact
 
 - debug:
diff --git a/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml
index 986b7b4a5..b656049d1 100644
--- a/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,35 +1,43 @@
 - name: Allow pushing to non-bare repo
-  command: "git config --local receive.denyCurrentBranch ignore"
-  args:
-    chdir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.src_dir}}"
+  git_config:
+    scope: local
+    name: receive.denyCurrentBranch
+    value: ignore
+    repo: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.src_dir}}"
   with_items: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
 
-- name: Synchronize src repos to workspace directory
-  command: "git push --mirror git+ssh://{{ ansible_user }}@{{ ansible_host }}/{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.src_dir}}"
-  args:
-    chdir: "{{ zuul.executor.work_root }}/{{ item.src_dir }}"
-  with_items: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
-  delegate_to: localhost
+- block:
+  # Do not lint these tasks, gets confused by git actions that cannot be done
+  # by git modules
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
-- name: Determine local HEAD
-  shell: "git status |head -1 |awk '{ print $NF }'"
-  args:
-    chdir: "{{ zuul.executor.work_root }}/{{ item.src_dir }}"
-  with_items: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
-  delegate_to: localhost
-  register: statuses
+  - name: Synchronize src repos to workspace directory
+    command: "git push --mirror git+ssh://{{ ansible_user }}@{{ ansible_host }}/{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.src_dir}}"
+    args:
+      chdir: "{{ zuul.executor.work_root }}/{{ item.src_dir }}"
+    with_items: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
+    delegate_to: localhost
 
-# Do this as a multi-line shell so that we can do the loop once
-- name: Update remote repository state correctly
-  shell: |
-    # Reset is needed because we pushed to a non-bare repo
-    git reset --hard
-    # Undo the config setting we did above
-    git config --local --unset receive.denyCurrentBranch
-    # checkout the branch matching the branch set up by the executor
-    git checkout {{ item.1.stdout }}
-  args:
-    chdir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.0.src_dir }}"
-  with_together:
-    - "{{ zuul.projects }}"
-    - "{{ statuses.results }}"
+  - name: Determine local HEAD
+    shell: "git status |head -1 |awk '{ print $NF }'"
+    args:
+      chdir: "{{ zuul.executor.work_root }}/{{ item.src_dir }}"
+    with_items: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
+    delegate_to: localhost
+    register: statuses
+
+  # Do this as a multi-line shell so that we can do the loop once
+  - name: Update remote repository state correctly
+    shell: |
+      # Reset is needed because we pushed to a non-bare repo
+      git reset --hard
+      # Undo the config setting we did above
+      git config --local --unset receive.denyCurrentBranch
+      # checkout the branch matching the branch set up by the executor
+      git checkout {{ item.1.stdout }}
+    args:
+      chdir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.0.src_dir }}"
+    with_together:
+      - "{{ zuul.projects }}"
+      - "{{ statuses.results }}"
diff --git a/roles/upload-logs/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/upload-logs/tasks/main.yaml
index 36e986d79..b0f7a624f 100644
--- a/roles/upload-logs/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/upload-logs/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-- include_role:
+- name: include the log path role
+  include_role:
     name: set-zuul-log-path-fact
 
 - name: Create log directories