Not possible to source .bashrc with Ansible

Question

I can ssh to the remote host and do a source /home/username/.bashrc - everything works fine. However if I do:

- name: source bashrc
  sudo: no
          


        

Answer 1

I know this answer come too late but I have seen in enough code you can use the sudo option -i so:

- name: source bashrc
  shell: sudo -iu {{ansible_user_id}} [the actual command you want run]

As said in the documentation

The -i (simulate initial login) option runs the shell specified by the password database entry of the target user as a login shell.  This means that login-specific
               resource files such as .profile or .login will be read by the shell.  If a command is specified, it is passed to the shell for execution via the shell's -c option.
               If no command is specified, an interactive shell is executed.  sudo attempts to change to that user's home directory before running the shell.  It also initializes
               the environment to a minimal set of variables, similar to what is present when a user logs in.  The Command environment section below documents in detail how the -i
               option affects the environment in which a command is run.