vars.yml

# vars.yml
home_dir: "{{ ansible_env['PWD'] }}"
local_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"

# Use a fact gathering approach here to avoid redundancy
local_user_primary_group: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'id -gn ' + ansible_env.SUDO_USER | default(ansible_user_id)) }}"

### For future reference. Previously in main.yml ###

# pre_tasks:
# - name: Set home directory fact
#   set_fact:
#     home_dir: "{{ ansible_env['PWD'] }}"

# - name: Set local user fact
#   set_fact:
#     local_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"

# - name: Get user's primary group name
#   command: "id -gn {{ ansible_env.SUDO_USER | default(ansible_user_id) }}"
#   register: global_primary_group
#   changed_when: false

# - name: Set user's primary group fact
#   set_fact:
#     local_user_primary_group: "{{ global_primary_group.stdout }}"