diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go b/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd5efbc7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package chartutil
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"github.com/kubernetes/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+)
+
+func UnmarshalChartfile(data []byte) (*chart.Metadata, error) {
+	y := &chart.Metadata{}
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, y)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return y, nil
+}
+
+// LoadChartfile loads a Chart.yaml file into a *chart.Metadata.
+func LoadChartfile(filename string) (*chart.Metadata, error) {
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return UnmarshalChartfile(b)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/chartfile_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/chartfile_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d6dbf6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/chartfile_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package chartutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kubernetes/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+)
+
+const testfile = "testdata/chartfiletest.yaml"
+
+func TestLoadChartfile(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := LoadChartfile(testfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to open %s: %s", testfile, err)
+		return
+	}
+	verifyChartfile(t, f)
+}
+
+func verifyChartfile(t *testing.T, f *chart.Metadata) {
+
+	if f.Name != "frobnitz" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected frobnitz, got %s", f.Name)
+	}
+
+	if f.Description != "This is a frobnitz." {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected description %q", f.Description)
+	}
+
+	if f.Version != "1.2.3" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected version %q", f.Version)
+	}
+
+	if len(f.Maintainers) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 maintainers, got %d", len(f.Maintainers))
+	}
+
+	if f.Maintainers[0].Name != "The Helm Team" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected maintainer name.")
+	}
+
+	if f.Maintainers[1].Email != "nobody@example.com" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected maintainer email.")
+	}
+
+	if len(f.Sources) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected number of sources")
+	}
+
+	if f.Sources[0] != "https://example.com/foo/bar" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected https://example.com/foo/bar, got %s", f.Sources)
+	}
+
+	if f.Home != "http://example.com" {
+		t.Error("Unexpected home.")
+	}
+
+	if len(f.Keywords) != 3 {
+		t.Error("Unexpected keywords")
+	}
+
+	kk := []string{"frobnitz", "sprocket", "dodad"}
+	for i, k := range f.Keywords {
+		if kk[i] != k {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %q, got %q", kk[i], k)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/doc.go b/pkg/chartutil/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0191c3800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*Package chartutil contains tools for working with charts.
+
+Charts are described in the protocol buffer definition (pkg/proto/hapi/charts).
+This packe provides utilities for serializing and deserializing charts.
+
+A chart can be represented on the file system in one of two ways:
+
+	- As a directory that contains a Chart.yaml file and other chart things.
+	- As a tarred gzipped file containing a directory that then contains a
+	Chart.yaml file.
+
+This package provides utilitites for working with those file formats.
+
+The preferred way of loading a chart is using 'chartutil.Load`:
+
+	chart, err := chartutil.Load(filename)
+
+This will attempt to discover whether the file at 'filename' is a directory or
+a chart archive. It will then load accordingly.
+
+For accepting raw compressed tar file data from an io.Reader, the
+'chartutil.LoadArchive()' will read in the data, uncompress it, and unpack it
+into a Chart.
+
+When creating charts in memory, use the 'github.com/kubernetes/helm/pkg/proto/happy/chart'
+package directly.
+*/
+package chartutil
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/load.go b/pkg/chartutil/load.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00ca9489e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/load.go
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+package chartutil
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
+	"github.com/kubernetes/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+)
+
+// Load takes a string name, tries to resolve it to a file or directory, and then loads it.
+//
+// This is the preferred way to load a chart. It will discover the chart encoding
+// and hand off to the appropriate chart reader.
+func Load(name string) (*chart.Chart, error) {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if fi.IsDir() {
+		return LoadDir(name)
+	}
+	return LoadFile(name)
+}
+
+// subchart is an intermediate representation of a dependency.
+//
+// It is used to temporarily store a dependency while we process the outer
+// file.
+type subchart []*afile
+
+func newSubchart() subchart {
+	return []*afile{}
+}
+
+func (s subchart) add(name string, data []byte, arch bool) subchart {
+	s = append(s, &afile{name, data, arch})
+	return s
+}
+
+// afile represents an archive file buffered for later processing.
+type afile struct {
+	name    string
+	data    []byte
+	archive bool
+}
+
+// LoadArchive loads from a reader containing a compressed tar archive.
+func LoadArchive(in io.Reader) (*chart.Chart, error) {
+	sc := map[string]subchart{}
+	unzipped, err := gzip.NewReader(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer unzipped.Close()
+
+	c := &chart.Chart{}
+	b := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+
+	tr := tar.NewReader(unzipped)
+	for {
+		hd, err := tr.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			// We're done with the reader. Now add subcharts and exit.
+			e := addSubcharts(c, sc)
+			return c, e
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return c, err
+		}
+
+		if hd.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+			// Use this instead of hd.Typeflag because we don't have to do any
+			// inference chasing.
+			continue
+		}
+
+		parts := strings.Split(hd.Name, "/")
+		n := strings.Join(parts[1:], "/")
+
+		if _, err := io.Copy(b, tr); err != nil {
+			return c, err
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(n, "charts/") {
+			// If there are subcharts, we put those into a temporary holding
+			// array for later processing.
+			fmt.Printf("Appending %s to chart %s:\n%s\n", n, c.Metadata.Name, b.String())
+			appendSubchart(sc, n, b.Bytes())
+			b.Reset()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		addToChart(c, n, b.Bytes())
+		b.Reset()
+	}
+
+}
+
+// LoadFile loads from an archive file.
+func LoadFile(name string) (*chart.Chart, error) {
+	if fi, err := os.Stat(name); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	} else if fi.IsDir() {
+		return nil, errors.New("cannot load a directory")
+	}
+
+	raw, err := os.Open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer raw.Close()
+
+	return LoadArchive(raw)
+}
+
+// LoadDir loads from a directory.
+//
+// This loads charts only from directories.
+func LoadDir(dir string) (*chart.Chart, error) {
+	topdir, err := filepath.Abs(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	topdir += string(filepath.Separator)
+	sc := map[string]subchart{}
+	c := &chart.Chart{}
+	err = filepath.Walk(topdir, func(name string, fi os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		n := strings.TrimPrefix(name, topdir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if fi.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error reading %s: %s", n, err)
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(n, "charts/") {
+			appendSubchart(sc, n, data)
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		return addToChart(c, n, data)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return c, err
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that we had a Chart.yaml file
+	if c.Metadata == nil || c.Metadata.Name == "" {
+		return c, errors.New("chart metadata (Chart.yaml) missing")
+	}
+
+	err = addSubcharts(c, sc)
+	return c, err
+}
+
+func addToChart(c *chart.Chart, n string, data []byte) error {
+	fmt.Printf("--> Scanning %s\n", n)
+	if n == "Chart.yaml" {
+		md, err := UnmarshalChartfile(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if md.Name == "" {
+			fmt.Printf("Chart:\n%s\n", string(data))
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("--> Adding %s as Chart.yaml\n", md.Name)
+		c.Metadata = md
+	} else if n == "values.toml" {
+		c.Values = &chart.Config{Raw: string(data)}
+		fmt.Printf("--> Adding to values:\n%s\n", string(data))
+	} else if strings.HasPrefix(n, "charts/") {
+		// SKIP THESE. These are handled elsewhere, because they need context
+		// to process.
+		return nil
+	} else if strings.HasPrefix(n, "templates/") {
+		c.Templates = append(c.Templates, &chart.Template{Name: n, Data: data})
+	} else {
+		c.Files = append(c.Files, &any.Any{TypeUrl: n, Value: data})
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func addSubcharts(c *chart.Chart, s map[string]subchart) error {
+	for n, sc := range s {
+		fmt.Printf("===> Unpacking %s\n", n)
+		if err := addSubchart(c, sc); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error adding %q: %s", n, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// addSubchart transforms a subchart to a new chart, and then embeds it into the given chart.
+func addSubchart(c *chart.Chart, sc subchart) error {
+	nc := &chart.Chart{}
+	deps := map[string]subchart{}
+
+	// The sc paths are all relative to the sc itself.
+	for _, sub := range sc {
+		if sub.archive {
+			b := bytes.NewBuffer(sub.data)
+			var err error
+			nc, err = LoadArchive(b)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("Bad data in %s: %q", sub.name, string(sub.data))
+				return err
+			}
+			break
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(sub.name, "charts/") {
+			appendSubchart(deps, sub.name, sub.data)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("Adding %s to subchart in %s\n", sub.name, c.Metadata.Name)
+			addToChart(nc, sub.name, sub.data)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if nc.Metadata == nil || nc.Metadata.Name == "" {
+		return errors.New("embedded chart is not well-formed")
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Added dependency: %q\n", nc.Metadata.Name)
+	c.Dependencies = append(c.Dependencies, nc)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func appendSubchart(sc map[string]subchart, n string, b []byte) {
+	fmt.Printf("Append subchart %s\n", n)
+	// TODO: Do we need to filter out 0 byte files?
+	// TODO: If this finds a dependency that is a tarball, we need to untar it,
+	// and express it as a subchart.
+	parts := strings.SplitN(n, "/", 3)
+	lp := len(parts)
+	switch lp {
+	case 2:
+		if filepath.Ext(parts[1]) == ".tgz" {
+			fmt.Printf("--> Adding archive %s\n", n)
+			// Basically, we delay expanding tar files until the last minute,
+			// which helps (a little) keep memory usage down.
+			bn := strings.TrimSuffix(parts[1], ".tgz")
+			cc := newSubchart()
+			sc[bn] = cc.add(parts[1], b, true)
+			return
+		} else {
+			// Skip directory entries and non-charts.
+			return
+		}
+	case 3:
+		if _, ok := sc[parts[1]]; !ok {
+			sc[parts[1]] = newSubchart()
+		}
+		//fmt.Printf("Adding file %q to %s\n", parts[2], parts[1])
+		sc[parts[1]] = sc[parts[1]].add(parts[2], b, false)
+		return
+	default:
+		// Skip 1 or 0.
+		return
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/load_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/load_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dae3ee438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/load_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package chartutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kubernetes/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+)
+
+func TestLoadDir(t *testing.T) {
+	c, err := Load("testdata/frobnitz")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to load testdata: %s", err)
+	}
+	verifyFrobnitz(t, c)
+	verifyChart(t, c)
+}
+
+func TestLoadFile(t *testing.T) {
+	c, err := Load("testdata/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to load testdata: %s", err)
+	}
+	verifyFrobnitz(t, c)
+	verifyChart(t, c)
+}
+
+func verifyChart(t *testing.T, c *chart.Chart) {
+	if len(c.Templates) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 template, got %d", len(c.Templates))
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Files) != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 5 extra files, got %d", len(c.Files))
+		for _, n := range c.Files {
+			t.Logf("\t%s", n.TypeUrl)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Dependencies) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 dependencies, got %d (%v)", len(c.Dependencies), c.Dependencies)
+		for _, d := range c.Dependencies {
+			t.Logf("\tSubchart: %s\n", d.Metadata.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	expect := map[string]map[string]string{
+		"alpine": map[string]string{
+			"version": "0.1.0",
+		},
+		"mariner": map[string]string{
+			"version": "4.3.2",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, dep := range c.Dependencies {
+		exp, ok := expect[dep.Metadata.Name]
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("Unknown dependency %s", dep.Metadata.Name)
+		}
+		if exp["version"] != dep.Metadata.Version {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %s version %s, got %s", dep.Metadata.Name, exp["version"], dep.Metadata.Version)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+func verifyFrobnitz(t *testing.T, c *chart.Chart) {
+	verifyChartfile(t, c.Metadata)
+
+	if len(c.Templates) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 template, got %d", len(c.Templates))
+	}
+
+	if c.Templates[0].Name != "templates/template.tpl" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected template: %s", c.Templates[0].Name)
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Templates[0].Data) == 0 {
+		t.Error("No template data.")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/albatross/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/albatross/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eeef737ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/albatross/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: albatross
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+version: 0.1.0
+home: ""
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/albatross/values.toml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/albatross/values.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ef7eb2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/albatross/values.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+albatross = "true"
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/chartfiletest.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/chartfiletest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f255b9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/chartfiletest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: frobnitz
+description: This is a frobnitz.
+version: "1.2.3"
+keywords:
+  - frobnitz
+  - sprocket
+  - dodad
+maintainers:
+  - name: The Helm Team
+    email: helm@example.com
+  - name: Someone Else
+    email: nobody@example.com
+sources:
+  - https://example.com/foo/bar
+home: http://example.com
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c908b2264
Binary files /dev/null and b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz differ
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f255b9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: frobnitz
+description: This is a frobnitz.
+version: "1.2.3"
+keywords:
+  - frobnitz
+  - sprocket
+  - dodad
+maintainers:
+  - name: The Helm Team
+    email: helm@example.com
+  - name: Someone Else
+    email: nobody@example.com
+sources:
+  - https://example.com/foo/bar
+home: http://example.com
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/INSTALL.txt b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/INSTALL.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2010438c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/INSTALL.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is an install document. The client may display this.
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/LICENSE b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6121943b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+LICENSE placeholder.
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/README.md b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cf4cc3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Frobnitz
+
+This is an example chart.
+
+## Usage
+
+This is an example. It has no usage.
+
+## Development
+
+For developer info, see the top-level repository.
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cab858d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: alpine
+description: Deploy a basic Alpine Linux pod
+version: 0.1.0
+home: https://github.com/kubernetes/helm
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/README.md b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7c84fc41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+This example was generated using the command `helm create alpine`.
+
+The `templates/` directory contains a very simple pod resource with a
+couple of parameters.
+
+The `values.toml` file contains the default values for the
+`alpine-pod.yaml` template.
+
+You can install this example using `helm install docs/examples/alpine`.
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..171e36156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: mast1
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+version: 0.1.0
+home: ""
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.toml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0cab9e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Default values for mast1.
+# This is a TOML-formatted file. https://github.com/toml-lang/toml
+# Declare name/value pairs to be passed into your templates.
+# name = "value"
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast2-0.1.0.tgz b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast2-0.1.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..232322a26
Binary files /dev/null and b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast2-0.1.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08cf3c2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: {{.Release.Name}}-{{.Chart.Name}}
+  labels:
+    heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
+    chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
+    chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
+spec:
+  restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
+  containers:
+  - name: waiter
+    image: "alpine:3.3"
+    command: ["/bin/sleep","9000"]
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/values.toml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/values.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..504e6e1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/values.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# The pod name
+name = "my-alpine"
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/mariner-4.3.2.tgz b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/mariner-4.3.2.tgz
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diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/docs/README.md b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/docs/README.md
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+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/docs/README.md
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+This is a placeholder for documentation.
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/icon.svg b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/icon.svg
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+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/icon.svg
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+    version="1.0" width="256" height="256" id="test">
+  <desc>Example icon</desc>
+  <rect id="first" x="2" y="2" width="40" height="60" fill="navy"/>
+  <rect id="second" x="15" y="4" width="40" height="60" fill="red"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/templates/template.tpl b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/templates/template.tpl
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+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/templates/template.tpl
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+Hello {{.Name | default "world"}}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/values.toml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/values.toml
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+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/values.toml
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+# A values file contains configuration.
+
+name = "Some Name"
+
+[section]
+name = "Name in a section"
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/genfrob.sh b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/genfrob.sh
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+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/genfrob.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Pack the albatross chart into the mariner chart.
+echo "Packing albatross into mariner"
+tar -zcvf mariner/charts/albatross-0.1.0.tgz albatross
+
+echo "Packing mariner into frobnitz"
+tar -zcvf frobnitz/charts/mariner-4.3.2.tgz mariner
+
+# Pack the frobnitz chart.
+echo "Packing frobnitz"
+tar -zcvf frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz frobnitz
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/Chart.yaml
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+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/Chart.yaml
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+name: mariner
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+version: 4.3.2
+home: ""
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/charts/albatross-0.1.0.tgz b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/charts/albatross-0.1.0.tgz
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diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/templates/placeholder.tpl b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/templates/placeholder.tpl
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+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/templates/placeholder.tpl
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+# This is a placeholder.
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/values.toml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/values.toml
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+# Default values for mariner.
+# This is a TOML-formatted file. https://github.com/toml-lang/toml
+# Declare name/value pairs to be passed into your templates.
+# name = "value"