[+] support extras/ directory for custom python modules

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.2
+
+- [x] added extras/ directory for custom python modules
+
 ## 0.2.1
 
 - [x] Ansible-2.7.8

Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-VERSION ?= 'v0.2.1'
+VERSION ?= 'v0.2.2'
 TARBALL_NAME ?= portable-ansible-$(VERSION)
 
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ post-clean:
 deps: 
 	@ mkdir -p $(shell pwd)/target/ansible/ && \
 		cp $(shell pwd)/templates/__main__.py $(shell pwd)/target/ansible/
+	@ mkdir -p $(shell pwd)/target/ansible/extras/
 	# @ cp $(shell pwd)/templates/ansible-compat-six-init.py $(shell pwd)/ansible/ansible/compat/six/__init__.py
 
 

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Ansible package with required python modules. No need to install, just download,
 
 ## Included in the distribution
 
-Version: 0.2.1
+Version: 0.2.2
 
 | Package  | Version |
 | -------- | ------- |
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ $ ln -s ansible ansible-playbook
 $ python ansible-playbook playbook.yml
 ```
 
+## Supporting additional python packages
+
+Install python packages into `ansible/extras` directory
+```
+pip install -t ansible/extras <package>
+```
+or 
+```
+pip install -t ansible/extras -r requirements.txt
+```
+
 ## For developers
 
 to create tarball with required packages just run

templates/__main__.py

@@ -44,7 +44,17 @@ def clean_syspath(*paths):
 
 
 sys.path = clean_syspath()
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+ansible_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+sys.path.insert(0, ansible_path)
+
+# add extras/ directory in ansible path for custom python packages
+if sys.platform in ['win32', 'cygwin']:
+    sys.path.insert(0, ansible_path + '\\extras')
+elif sys.platform in ['darwin']:
+    sys.path.insert(0, ansible_path + '/extras')
+else:
+    sys.path.insert(0, ansible_path + '/extras')
 
 
 __requires__ = ['ansible']