From 11beb38c66d1d889eeed7fe36047f3f0bb7adc07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Appnel <tim@appnel.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:56:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added support of an optional setup method for action modules
 like rsync that need to alter the connection and other inject data before
 it's established.

---
 lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index 9ee9e54a12..929c11daca 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ class Runner(object):
             self.callbacks.on_skipped(host, inject.get('item',None))
             return ReturnData(host=host, result=result)
 
+        if getattr(handler, 'setup', None) is not None:
+            handler.setup(module_name, inject)
         conn = None
         actual_host = inject.get('ansible_ssh_host', host)
         actual_port = port