1 files changed, 66 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/rules/role_name.py b/src/ansiblelint/rules/role_name.py
index 499c086..ebe0b1a 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/rules/role_name.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/rules/role_name.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Implementation of role-name rule."""
+
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Gael Chamoulaud <gchamoul@redhat.com>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Sorin Sbarnea <ssbarnea@redhat.com>
 #
@@ -94,6 +95,26 @@ class RoleNames(AnsibleLintRule):
         if file.kind not in ("meta", "role", "playbook"):
             return result
 
+        if file.kind == "meta":
+            for role in file.data.get("dependencies", []):
+                if isinstance(role, dict):
+                    role_name = role["role"]
+                elif isinstance(role, str):
+                    role_name = role
+                else:
+                    msg = "Role dependency has unexpected type."
+                    raise TypeError(msg)
+                if "/" in role_name:
+                    result.append(
+                        self.create_matcherror(
+                            f"Avoid using paths when importing roles. ({role_name})",
+                            filename=file,
+                            lineno=role_name.ansible_pos[1],
+                            tag=f"{self.id}[path]",
+                        ),
+                    )
+            return result
+
         if file.kind == "playbook":
             for play in file.data:
                 if "roles" in play:
@@ -143,7 +164,7 @@ class RoleNames(AnsibleLintRule):
             if meta_data:
                 try:
                     return str(meta_data["galaxy_info"]["role_name"])
-                except KeyError:
+                except (KeyError, TypeError):
                     pass
         return default
 
@@ -151,8 +172,9 @@ class RoleNames(AnsibleLintRule):
 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
+    # pylint: disable=ungrouped-imports
+    from ansiblelint.rules import RulesCollection
+    from ansiblelint.runner import Runner
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         ("test_file", "failure"),
@@ -168,3 +190,44 @@ if "pytest" in sys.modules:
         for result in results:
             assert result.tag == "role-name[path]"
         assert len(results) == failure
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("test_file", "failure"),
+        (pytest.param("examples/roles/role_with_deps_paths", 3, id="fail"),),
+    )
+    def test_role_deps_path_names(
+        default_rules_collection: RulesCollection,
+        test_file: str,
+        failure: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Test rule matches."""
+        results = Runner(
+            test_file,
+            rules=default_rules_collection,
+        ).run()
+        expected_errors = (
+            ("role-name[path]", 3),
+            ("role-name[path]", 9),
+            ("role-name[path]", 10),
+        )
+        assert len(expected_errors) == failure
+        for idx, result in enumerate(results):
+            assert result.tag == expected_errors[idx][0]
+            assert result.lineno == expected_errors[idx][1]
+        assert len(results) == failure
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("test_file", "failure"),
+        (pytest.param("examples/roles/test-no-deps-role", 0, id="no_deps"),),
+    )
+    def test_role_no_deps(
+        default_rules_collection: RulesCollection,
+        test_file: str,
+        failure: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Test role if no dependencies are present in meta/main.yml."""
+        results = Runner(
+            test_file,
+            rules=default_rules_collection,
+        ).run()
+        assert len(results) == failure