fix(helm): introduce --remote-repo flag

Ignore local directories with the same name as the chart being installed
if --remote-repo is passed.

Fixes #11141

Signed-off-by: Jack Wilsdon <jack+github@wilsdon.me>

cmd/helm/flags.go

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func addChartPathOptionsFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet, c *action.ChartPathOptions) {
 	f.BoolVar(&c.InsecureSkipTLSverify, "insecure-skip-tls-verify", false, "skip tls certificate checks for the chart download")
 	f.StringVar(&c.CaFile, "ca-file", "", "verify certificates of HTTPS-enabled servers using this CA bundle")
 	f.BoolVar(&c.PassCredentialsAll, "pass-credentials", false, "pass credentials to all domains")
+	f.BoolVar(&c.RemoteRepo, "remote-repo", false, "force use of chart from remote repository instead of local filesystem")
 }
 
 // bindOutputFlag will add the output flag to the given command and bind the

cmd/helm/install_test.go

@@ -252,6 +252,17 @@ func TestInstall(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd:    fmt.Sprintf("install aeneas test/reqtest --username username --password password --repository-config %s --repository-cache %s", repoFile, srv.Root()),
 			golden: "output/install.txt",
 		},
+		// Verify that a remote chart is used with --remote-repo
+		{
+			name:   "basic install with --remote-repo",
+			cmd:    "install aeneas reqtest --namespace default --repo " + srv.URL() + " --username username --password password --remote-repo",
+			golden: "output/install.txt",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "existing local path with --remote-repo",
+			cmd:       "install aeneas testdata/testcharts/empty --namespace default --repo " + srv.URL() + " --username username --password password --remote-repo",
+			wantError: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	runTestCmd(t, tests)

pkg/action/install.go

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ type ChartPathOptions struct {
 	Keyring               string // --keyring
 	Password              string // --password
 	PassCredentialsAll    bool   // --pass-credentials
+	RemoteRepo            bool   // --remote-repo
 	RepoURL               string // --repo
 	Username              string // --username
 	Verify                bool   // --verify
@@ -727,8 +728,8 @@ func (c *ChartPathOptions) LocateChart(name string, settings *cli.EnvSettings) (
 	}
 
 	name = strings.TrimSpace(name)
-	version := strings.TrimSpace(c.Version)
 
+	if !c.RemoteRepo {
 		if _, err := os.Stat(name); err == nil {
 			abs, err := filepath.Abs(name)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -744,6 +745,13 @@ func (c *ChartPathOptions) LocateChart(name string, settings *cli.EnvSettings) (
 		if filepath.IsAbs(name) || strings.HasPrefix(name, ".") {
 			return name, errors.Errorf("path %q not found", name)
 		}
+	}
+
+	return c.locateRemoteChart(name, settings)
+}
+
+func (c *ChartPathOptions) locateRemoteChart(name string, settings *cli.EnvSettings) (string, error) {
+	version := strings.TrimSpace(c.Version)
 
 	dl := downloader.ChartDownloader{
 		Out:     os.Stdout,