Assume github.com URLs are git protocol if not specified.

lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py

@@ -378,12 +378,22 @@ def role_spec_parse(role_spec):
     #   'version': 'v1.0', 
     #   'name': 'repo'
     # }
-   
+  
     role_spec = role_spec.strip()
     role_version = ''
     if role_spec == "" or role_spec.startswith("#"):
         return (None, None, None, None)
+
+    # FIXME: coding guidelines want this as a list comprehension
     tokens = map(lambda s: s.strip(), role_spec.split(','))
+
+    # assume https://github.com URLs are git+https:// URLs and not
+    # tarballs
+    print "0=%s" % tokens[0]
+    if 'github.com/' in tokens[0] and not tokens[0].startswith("git+"):
+        print "DONE!"
+        tokens[0] = 'git+' + tokens[0]
+
     if '+' in tokens[0]:
         (scm, role_url) = tokens[0].split('+')
     else:
@@ -399,6 +409,8 @@ def role_spec_parse(role_spec):
 
 
 def role_yaml_parse(role):
+    if 'github.com' in role["src"] and 'http' in role["src"] and '+' not in role["src"]:
+        role["src"] = "git+" + role["src"]
     if '+' in role["src"]:
         (scm, src) = role["src"].split('+')
         role["scm"] = scm

test/units/TestUtils.py

@@ -787,10 +787,54 @@ class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(ansible.utils.repo_url_to_role_name(url), result)
 
     def test_role_spec_parse(self):
-        tests = [("git+http://git.example.com/repos/repo.git,v1.0", {'scm': 'git', 'src': 'http://git.example.com/repos/repo.git', 'version': 'v1.0', 'name': 'repo'}),
-                ("http://repo.example.com/download/tarfile.tar.gz", {'scm': None, 'src': 'http://repo.example.com/download/tarfile.tar.gz', 'version': '', 'name': 'tarfile'}),
-                ("http://repo.example.com/download/tarfile.tar.gz,,nicename", {'scm': None, 'src': 'http://repo.example.com/download/tarfile.tar.gz', 'version': '', 'name': 'nicename'}),
-                ("git+http://git.example.com/repos/repo.git,v1.0,awesome", {'scm': 'git', 'src': 'http://git.example.com/repos/repo.git', 'version': 'v1.0', 'name': 'awesome'})]
+        tests = [
+            (
+                "git+http://git.example.com/repos/repo.git,v1.0", 
+                {
+                    'scm': 'git', 
+                    'src': 'http://git.example.com/repos/repo.git', 
+                    'version': 'v1.0', 
+                    'name': 'repo'
+                }
+            ),
+            (
+                "http://repo.example.com/download/tarfile.tar.gz", 
+                {
+                    'scm': None, 
+                    'src': 'http://repo.example.com/download/tarfile.tar.gz', 
+                    'version': '', 
+                    'name': 'tarfile'
+                }
+            ),
+            (
+                "http://repo.example.com/download/tarfile.tar.gz,,nicename", 
+                {
+                    'scm': None, 
+                    'src': 'http://repo.example.com/download/tarfile.tar.gz', 
+                    'version': '', 
+                    'name': 'nicename'
+                }
+            ),
+            (
+                "git+http://git.example.com/repos/repo.git,v1.0,awesome", 
+                {
+                    'scm': 'git', 
+                    'src': 'http://git.example.com/repos/repo.git', 
+                    'version': 'v1.0', 
+                    'name': 'awesome'
+                }
+            ),
+            (
+                # test that http://github URLs are assumed git+http://
+                "http://github.com/ansible/fakerole/fake",
+                {
+                    'scm' : 'git',
+                    'src' : 'http://github.com/ansible/fakerole/fake',
+                    'version' : '', 
+                    'name' : 'fake'
+                }
+            )
+            ]
         for (spec, result) in tests:
             self.assertEqual(ansible.utils.role_spec_parse(spec), result)