Way for a role to refer to files relative to the role?

[Marc Abramowitz]

So roles have a "files" directory and for some actions and attributes they are evaluated relative to this directory (e.g.: the "src" attribute of the "copy" module). So with:

# roles/common/tasks/main.yml

- name: Copy in ssh key files

  copy:

    src="devops.pem"

    dest="/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/.ssh/id_rsa"

    mode=600

  tags:

    - ssh_key

src="devops.pem" will find my file in roles/common/files/devops.pem

For other actions, this doesn't work -- for example:

- name: Make sure that devops.pem is not group/world readable

  local_action: file path=devops.pem mode=600

  tags:

    - ssh_key

    - ssh_key_local

In this case, it will not find the file in roles/common/files/devops.pem -- it seems to look for the file relative to the playbook?

How can I reference a file relative to the role I'm referencing it in? -- e.g.: something like:

- name: Make sure that devops.pem is not group/world readable

  local_action: file path={{ current_role_dir }}/files/devops.pem mode=600

  tags:

    - ssh_key

    - ssh_key_local

[Marc Abramowitz]

local_action: file path={{ inventory_dir }}/../roles/common/files/devops.pem mode=600

works, but hopefully there's a cleaner way that doesn't have to include "../roles/common" in it...?