feat(helm:create): allow absolute paths

If starter template path is an absolute path, it shouldn't
be prefixed with c.home.Starters() but rather be used as is.

Signed-off-by: Tine Jozelj <tine.jozelj@tjo.space>

cmd/helm/create.go

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func newCreateCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cc.starter, "starter", "p", "", "The named Helm starter scaffold")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cc.starter, "starter", "p", "", "The name or absolute path to Helm starter scaffold")
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ func (c *createCmd) run() error {
 	if c.starter != "" {
 		// Create from the starter
 		lstarter := filepath.Join(c.home.Starters(), c.starter)
+		// If path is absolute, we dont want to prefix it with helm starters folder
+		if filepath.IsAbs(c.starter) {
+			lstarter = c.starter
+		}
 		return chartutil.CreateFrom(cfile, filepath.Dir(c.name), lstarter)
 	}
 

cmd/helm/create_test.go

@@ -163,3 +163,95 @@ func TestCreateStarterCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestCreateStarterAbsoluteCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	cname := "testchart"
+	// Make a temp dir
+	tdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "helm-create-")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tdir)
+
+	thome, err := tempHelmHome(t)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	cleanup := resetEnv()
+	defer func() {
+		os.RemoveAll(thome.String())
+		cleanup()
+	}()
+
+	settings.Home = thome
+
+	// Create a starter.
+	starterchart := filepath.Join(tdir, "starters")
+	os.Mkdir(starterchart, 0755)
+	if dest, err := chartutil.Create(&chart.Metadata{Name: "starterchart"}, starterchart); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not create chart: %s", err)
+	} else {
+		t.Logf("Created %s", dest)
+	}
+	tplpath := filepath.Join(starterchart, "starterchart", "templates", "foo.tpl")
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(tplpath, []byte("test"), 0755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not write template: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// CD into it
+	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Chdir(tdir); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Chdir(pwd)
+
+	// Run a create
+	cmd := newCreateCmd(ioutil.Discard)
+	cmd.ParseFlags([]string{"--starter", filepath.Join(starterchart, "starterchart")})
+	if err := cmd.RunE(cmd, []string{cname}); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to run create: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Test that the chart is there
+	if fi, err := os.Stat(cname); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("no chart directory: %s", err)
+	} else if !fi.IsDir() {
+		t.Fatalf("chart is not directory")
+	}
+
+	c, err := chartutil.LoadDir(cname)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if c.Metadata.Name != cname {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %q name, got %q", cname, c.Metadata.Name)
+	}
+	if c.Metadata.ApiVersion != chartutil.ApiVersionV1 {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong API version: %q", c.Metadata.ApiVersion)
+	}
+
+	expectedTemplateCount := 8
+	if l := len(c.Templates); l != expectedTemplateCount {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d templates, got %d", expectedTemplateCount, l)
+	}
+
+	found := false
+	for _, tpl := range c.Templates {
+		if tpl.Name == "templates/foo.tpl" {
+			found = true
+			data := tpl.Data
+			if string(data) != "test" {
+				t.Errorf("Expected template 'test', got %q", string(data))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Error("Did not find foo.tpl")
+	}
+
+}

docs/helm/helm_create.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ helm create NAME [flags]
 
 ```
   -h, --help             help for create
-  -p, --starter string   The named Helm starter scaffold
+  -p, --starter string   The name or absolute path to Helm starter scaffold
 ```
 
 ### Options inherited from parent commands
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ helm create NAME [flags]
 
 * [helm](helm.md)	 - The Helm package manager for Kubernetes.
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 5-Jun-2019
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 7-Jul-2019