implement --start-at-task option to hop to a specific task before starting running them

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/ansible-playbook b/bin/ansible-playbook
index 917d00e6ff..751bbee1fc 100755
--- a/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ def main(args):
         help="do list all tasks that would be executed")
     parser.add_option('--step', dest='step', action='store_true',
         help="one-step-at-a-time: confirm each task before running")
+    parser.add_option('--start-at-task', dest='start_at', 
+        help="start the playbook with a task matching this name")
 
     options, args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ def main(args):
         playbook_cb = callbacks.PlaybookCallbacks(verbose=utils.VERBOSITY)
         if options.step:
             playbook_cb.step = options.step
+        if options.start_at:
+            playbook_cb.start_at = options.start_at
         runner_cb = callbacks.PlaybookRunnerCallbacks(stats, verbose=utils.VERBOSITY)
 
         pb = ansible.playbook.PlayBook(