diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
index 42ee9393a6..15dda627cd 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
 ---
 module: git
-author: 
+author:
     - "Ansible Core Team"
     - "Michael DeHaan"
 version_added: "0.0.1"
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ options:
         default: "HEAD"
         description:
             - What version of the repository to check out.  This can be the
-              the literal string C(HEAD), a branch name, a tag name. 
-              It can also be a I(SHA-1) hash, in which case C(refspec) needs 
+              the literal string C(HEAD), a branch name, a tag name.
+              It can also be a I(SHA-1) hash, in which case C(refspec) needs
               to be specified if the given revision is not already available.
     accept_hostkey:
         required: false
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ options:
         choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
         version_added: "1.5"
         description:
-            - if C(yes), adds the hostkey for the repo url if not already 
-              added. If ssh_opts contains "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no", 
+            - if C(yes), adds the hostkey for the repo url if not already
+              added. If ssh_opts contains "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
               this parameter is ignored.
     ssh_opts:
         required: false
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ requirements:
 
 notes:
     - "If the task seems to be hanging, first verify remote host is in C(known_hosts).
-      SSH will prompt user to authorize the first contact with a remote host.  To avoid this prompt, 
-      one solution is to use the option accept_hostkey. Another solution is to 
-      add the remote host public key in C(/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts) before calling 
+      SSH will prompt user to authorize the first contact with a remote host.  To avoid this prompt,
+      one solution is to use the option accept_hostkey. Another solution is to
+      add the remote host public key in C(/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts) before calling
       the git module, with the following command: ssh-keyscan -H remote_host.com >> /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts."
 '''
 
@@ -214,12 +214,18 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 import os
 import re
+import shlex
+import stat
+import sys
 import tempfile
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, get_module_path
+from ansible.module_utils.known_hosts import add_git_host_key
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native
 
+
 def head_splitter(headfile, remote, module=None, fail_on_error=False):
     '''Extract the head reference'''
     # https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/907
@@ -253,13 +259,13 @@ def unfrackgitpath(path):
 
 def get_submodule_update_params(module, git_path, cwd):
 
-    #or: git submodule [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] 
-    #[-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] 
+    #or: git submodule [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch]
+    #[-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge]
     #[--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
 
     params = []
 
-    # run a bad submodule command to get valid params    
+    # run a bad submodule command to get valid params
     cmd = "%s submodule update --help" % (git_path)
     rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(cmd, cwd=cwd)
     lines = stderr.split('\n')
@@ -272,7 +278,7 @@ def get_submodule_update_params(module, git_path, cwd):
         update_line = update_line.replace(']','')
         update_line = update_line.replace('|',' ')
         parts = shlex.split(update_line)
-        for part in parts:    
+        for part in parts:
             if part.startswith('--'):
                 part = part.replace('--', '')
                 params.append(part)
@@ -320,7 +326,7 @@ def set_git_ssh(ssh_wrapper, key_file, ssh_opts):
         del os.environ["GIT_KEY"]
 
     if key_file:
-        os.environ["GIT_KEY"] = key_file    
+        os.environ["GIT_KEY"] = key_file
 
     if os.environ.get("GIT_SSH_OPTS"):
         del os.environ["GIT_SSH_OPTS"]
@@ -420,7 +426,7 @@ def reset(git_path, module, dest):
 
 def get_diff(module, git_path, dest, repo, remote, depth, bare, before, after):
     ''' Return the difference between 2 versions '''
-    if before == None:
+    if before is None:
         return { 'prepared': '>> Newly checked out %s' % after }
     elif before != after:
         # Ensure we have the object we are referring to during git diff !
@@ -469,7 +475,7 @@ def get_remote_head(git_path, module, dest, version, remote, bare):
     out = to_native(out)
 
     if tag:
-    # Find the dereferenced tag if this is an annotated tag.
+        # Find the dereferenced tag if this is an annotated tag.
         for tag in out.split('\n'):
             if tag.endswith(version + '^{}'):
                 out = tag
@@ -483,7 +489,7 @@ def get_remote_head(git_path, module, dest, version, remote, bare):
 def is_remote_tag(git_path, module, dest, remote, version):
     cmd = '%s ls-remote %s -t refs/tags/%s' % (git_path, remote, version)
     (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True, cwd=dest)
-    if to_bytes(version, errors='surrogate_or_strict') in out:
+    if to_native(version, errors='surrogate_or_strict') in out:
         return True
     else:
         return False
@@ -550,6 +556,10 @@ def get_head_branch(git_path, module, dest, remote, bare=False):
     # Check if the .git is a file. If it is a file, it means that we are in a submodule structure.
     if os.path.isfile(repo_path):
         try:
+            ### FIXME: This introduces another dep that we don't want.  We
+            # probably need to take a look at the format of this file and do
+            # our own parsing.
+            import yaml
             gitdir = yaml.safe_load(open(repo_path)).get('gitdir')
             # There is a possibility the .git file to have an absolute path.
             if os.path.isabs(gitdir):
@@ -602,7 +612,6 @@ def fetch(git_path, module, repo, dest, version, remote, depth, bare, refspec, g
     fetch_str = 'download remote objects and refs'
     fetch_cmd = [git_path, 'fetch']
 
-
     refspecs = []
     if depth:
         # try to find the minimal set of refs we need to fetch to get a
@@ -674,7 +683,7 @@ def submodules_fetch(git_path, module, remote, track_submodules, dest):
         if line.strip().startswith('url'):
             repo = line.split('=', 1)[1].strip()
             if module.params['ssh_opts'] is not None:
-                if not "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" in module.params['ssh_opts']:
+                if "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" not in module.params['ssh_opts']:
                     add_git_host_key(module, repo, accept_hostkey=module.params['accept_hostkey'])
             else:
                 add_git_host_key(module, repo, accept_hostkey=module.params['accept_hostkey'])
@@ -859,7 +868,7 @@ def main():
     result = dict( warnings=list() )
 
     # evaluate and set the umask before doing anything else
-    if umask != None:
+    if umask is not None:
         if not isinstance(umask, string_types):
             module.fail_json(msg="umask must be defined as a quoted octal integer")
         try:
@@ -897,9 +906,9 @@ def main():
         set_git_ssh(ssh_wrapper, key_file, ssh_opts)
         module.add_cleanup_file(path=ssh_wrapper)
 
-    # add the git repo's hostkey 
+    # add the git repo's hostkey
     if module.params['ssh_opts'] is not None:
-        if not "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" in module.params['ssh_opts']:
+        if "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" not in module.params['ssh_opts']:
             add_git_host_key(module, repo, accept_hostkey=module.params['accept_hostkey'])
     else:
         add_git_host_key(module, repo, accept_hostkey=module.params['accept_hostkey'])
@@ -1020,9 +1029,6 @@ def main():
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
-# import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-from ansible.module_utils.known_hosts import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()