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This time I'm not using "with_filetree", but building the tree beforehand, using the "find" module:

- name: Find entries
  find:
    path: /path/to/source/directory
    recurse: yes
    file_type: any
  register: source_tree

Afterwards the operation is split into two parts. First create all directories:

- name: Create the directories
  file:
    path: "{{ item.path | regex_replace('/path/to/source/directory/','/path/to/destination/directory/') }}"
    state: directory
    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
  loop: "{{ source_tree.files | flatten(levels=1) }}"
  loop_control:
    label: "{{ item.path | regex_replace('/path/to/source/directory', '') }}"
  when:
    - item.isdir

The performance of this task is not too bad, but not fast either. The second step is copying all the files:

- name: Copy the files
  copy:
    src: "{{ item.path }}"
    dest: "{{ item.path | regex_replace('/path/to/source/directory/','/path/to/destination/directory/') }}"
    remote_src: yes
    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
  loop: "{{ source_tree.files | flatten(levels=1) }}"
  loop_control:
    label: "{{ item.path | regex_replace('/path/to/source/directory', '') }}"
  when:
    - item.isdir == False

This task is really slow, needs between 1-2 seconds per file. Just documenting this here, and probably moving on to call "rsync" directly.