feat(helm): adding kubeconfig flag

cmd/helm/helm.go

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ func addRootFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	pf.StringVar((*string)(&settings.Home), "home", helm_env.DefaultHelmHome, "location of your Helm config. Overrides $HELM_HOME")
 	pf.StringVar(&settings.TillerHost, "host", "", "address of tiller. Overrides $HELM_HOST")
 	pf.StringVar(&kubeContext, "kube-context", "", "name of the kubeconfig context to use")
+	pf.StringVar(&settings.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "path to kubeconfig file")
 	pf.BoolVar(&settings.Debug, "debug", false, "enable verbose output")
 	pf.StringVar(&settings.TillerNamespace, "tiller-namespace", tiller_env.DefaultTillerNamespace, "namespace of tiller")
 }
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ func addRootFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 func initRootFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	setFlagsFromEnv(map[string]string{
 		"debug":            helm_env.DebugEnvVar,
+		"kubeconfig":       helm_env.KubeconfigEnvVar,
 		"home":             helm_env.HomeEnvVar,
 		"host":             helm_env.HostEnvVar,
 		"tiller-namespace": tiller_env.TillerNamespaceEnvVar,
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ func prettyError(err error) error {
 
 // configForContext creates a Kubernetes REST client configuration for a given kubeconfig context.
 func configForContext(context string) (*rest.Config, error) {
-	config, err := kube.GetConfig(context).ClientConfig()
+	config, err := kube.GetConfig(context, settings.Kubeconfig).ClientConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get Kubernetes config for context %q: %s", context, err)
 	}

cmd/helm/install.go

@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func generateName(nameTemplate string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func defaultNamespace() string {
-	if ns, _, err := kube.GetConfig(kubeContext).Namespace(); err == nil {
+	if ns, _, err := kube.GetConfig(kubeContext, settings.Kubeconfig).Namespace(); err == nil {
 		return ns
 	}
 	return "default"

pkg/helm/environment/environment.go

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ const (
 	HostEnvVar = "HELM_HOST"
 	// DebugEnvVar is the HELM_DEBUG environment variable key.
 	DebugEnvVar = "HELM_DEBUG"
+	// KubeconfigVar is the HELM_KUBECONFIG enviroment variable key.
+	KubeconfigEnvVar = "HELM_KUBECONFIG"
 )
 
 // DefaultHelmHome is the default HELM_HOME.
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ type EnvSettings struct {
 	Home helmpath.Home
 	// Debug indicates whether or not Helm is running in Debug mode.
 	Debug bool
+	// Kubeconfig is the local paht to the kubernetes config directory
+	Kubeconfig string
 }
 
 // PluginDirs is the path to the plugin directories.

pkg/kube/config.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package kube // import "k8s.io/helm/pkg/kube"
 import "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 
 // GetConfig returns a kubernetes client config for a given context.
-func GetConfig(context string) clientcmd.ClientConfig {
+func GetConfig(context string, kubeconfig string) clientcmd.ClientConfig {
 	rules := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()
 	rules.DefaultClientConfig = &clientcmd.DefaultClientConfig
 
@@ -28,5 +28,10 @@ func GetConfig(context string) clientcmd.ClientConfig {
 	if context != "" {
 		overrides.CurrentContext = context
 	}
+
+	if kubeconfig != "" {
+		rules.ExplicitPath = kubeconfig
+	}
+
 	return clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(rules, overrides)
 }