Running straight from clone installation throws exception - Brew Casks Functionality Broken about mac-dev-playbook HOT 2 OPEN

Issue is found here in the homebrew. I see Jeff you commented on Ansible version being the issue - I'll see if that makes a difference. ansible-collections/community.general#1524

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I've found the root of the issue. When homebrew is first installed in the VM that I am using to test the installation, running the command brew --version returns the string "Homebrew >=4.1.0 (shallow or no git repository)", which cannot be correctly parsed by the code in homebrew_cask.py in the function def _get_brew_version(self): on line 498, that in turn throws an issue on line 513:

return LooseVersion(self._get_brew_version()) >= LooseVersion('2.6.0')

If I run brew update and then brew --version it nows returns "Homebrew 4.2.9", and if the Ansible script is re-run, everything works.

In @geerlingguy's tasks/main.yml there is a step that should force an update, post installation of brew, when "not homebrew_binary.stat.exists", but that is being skipped, as I assume that does exist. Should it not be forced regardless? Clearly, I can run the Ansible script several times, but that feels wrong.

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