Jessie can use gitolite3 package as well

roles/git/tasks/gitolite.yml

@@ -7,23 +7,10 @@
 - name: Add www-data to the git group
   user: name=www-data groups=git append=yes
 
-- name: Download gitolite release
-  git: repo=git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite
-       dest=/home/git/gitolite
-       version=v{{ gitolite_version }}
-       accept_hostkey=yes
-
-- name: Give git user file permissions
-  file: path=/home/git/gitolite
-        state=directory
-        recurse=yes
-        owner=git
-        group=git
-
-- name: Install gitolite
-  command: ./gitolite/install -ln /usr/local/bin
-           chdir=/home/git
-           creates=/usr/local/bin/gitolite
+- name: Install gitolite3 package
+  apt: pkg=gitolite3 state=installed
+  tags:
+    - dependencies
 
 - name: Copy .gitolite.rc file
   copy: src=home_git_.gitolite.rc

roles/git/tasks/gitolite_packaged.yml

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-- name: Create gitolite group
-  group: name=git state=present
-
-- name: Create gitolite user
-  user: name=git state=present home=/home/git system=yes group=git
-
-- name: Add www-data to the git group
-  user: name=www-data groups=git append=yes
-
-- name: Install gitolite3 package
-  apt: pkg=gitolite3 state=installed
-  tags:
-    - dependencies
-
-- name: Copy .gitolite.rc file
-  copy: src=home_git_.gitolite.rc
-        dest=/home/git/.gitolite.rc
-        group=git
-        owner=git
-        mode=0644
-
-- name: Copy SSH public key to server
-  copy: src=gitolite.pub
-        dest=/home/git/{{ main_user_name }}.pub
-        group=git
-        owner=git
-        mode=0644
-
-- name: Setup gitolite
-  command: su - git -c 'gitolite setup -pk {{ main_user_name }}.pub'
-           chdir=/home/git

roles/git/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 - include: gitolite.yml tags=gitolite
-  when: ansible_distribution_release != 'trusty'
-- include: gitolite_packaged.yml tags=gitolite
-  when: ansible_distribution_release == 'trusty'
 - include: cgit.yml tags=cgit