Ansible 2.5.2 breaks copy-cord role

TASK [copy-cord : Copy (sync) the cord directory to head node] ********************************************************************************
Friday 27 April 2018  00:10:43 -0600 (0:00:02.321)       0:00:02.365 ********** 
changed: [head1]

TASK [copy-cord : Set ownership on CORD dir on head node] *************************************************************************************
Friday 27 April 2018  00:10:44 -0600 (0:00:01.051)       0:00:03.416 ********** 
fatal: [head1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "module_stderr": "Shared connection to 192.168.121.204 closed.\r\n", "module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_GAyFzL/ansible_module_file.py\", line 473, in <module>\r\n    main()\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_GAyFzL/ansible_module_file.py\", line 350, in main\r\n    changed |= recursive_set_attributes(module, to_bytes(file_args['path'], errors='surrogate_or_strict'), follow, file_args)\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_GAyFzL/ansible_module_file.py\", line 172, in recursive_set_attributes\r\n    changed |= module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed, expand=False)\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_GAyFzL/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 1507, in set_fs_attributes_if_different\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_GAyFzL/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 1164, in set_owner_if_different\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_GAyFzL/ansible_modlib.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 1059, in user_and_group\r\nOSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/opt/cord/build/platform-install/.git/../../../.repo/projects/build/platform-install.git/shallow'\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE", "rc": 1}
        to retry, use: --limit @/users/zdw/cord/build/platform-install/copy-cord-playbook.retry