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+"""Implementation of no-relative-paths rule."""
+# Copyright (c) 2016, Tsukinowa Inc. <info@tsukinowa.jp>
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Ansible Project
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from ansiblelint.rules import AnsibleLintRule
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ansiblelint.file_utils import Lintable
+    from ansiblelint.utils import Task
+
+
+class RoleRelativePath(AnsibleLintRule):
+    """The src argument should not use a relative path."""
+
+    id = "no-relative-paths"
+    description = "The ``copy`` and ``template`` modules should not use relative path for ``src``."
+    severity = "HIGH"
+    tags = ["idiom"]
+    version_added = "v4.0.0"
+
+    _module_to_path_folder = {
+        "copy": "files",
+        "win_copy": "files",
+        "template": "templates",
+        "win_template": "win_templates",
+    }
+
+    def matchtask(
+        self,
+        task: Task,
+        file: Lintable | None = None,
+    ) -> bool | str:
+        module = task["action"]["__ansible_module__"]
+        if module not in self._module_to_path_folder:
+            return False
+
+        if "src" not in task["action"]:
+            return False
+
+        path_to_check = f"../{self._module_to_path_folder[module]}"
+        if path_to_check in task["action"]["src"]:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+
+# testing code to be loaded only with pytest or when executed the rule file
+if "pytest" in sys.modules:
+    import pytest
+
+    from ansiblelint.rules import RulesCollection  # pylint: disable=ungrouped-imports
+    from ansiblelint.runner import Runner  # pylint: disable=ungrouped-imports
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("test_file", "failures"),
+        (
+            pytest.param("examples/playbooks/no_relative_paths_fail.yml", 2, id="fail"),
+            pytest.param("examples/playbooks/no_relative_paths_pass.yml", 0, id="pass"),
+        ),
+    )
+    def test_no_relative_paths(
+        default_rules_collection: RulesCollection,
+        test_file: str,
+        failures: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Test rule matches."""
+        results = Runner(test_file, rules=default_rules_collection).run()
+        assert len(results) == failures
+        for result in results:
+            assert result.tag == "no-relative-paths"