From 0d94d39689a5b8e0dbba3cdaa77399d05d77c443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "peter.jang" <hsjang@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 05:12:07 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] fix for rsync protocol support (#16756)

---
 lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py
index 62b8292be87..87e7fdf72e6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
     def _get_absolute_path(self, path):
         original_path = path
 
+        if path.startswith('rsync://'):
+            return path
+
         if self._task._role is not None:
             path = self._loader.path_dwim_relative(self._task._role._role_path, 'files', path)
         else: