Rewrite Chart.yaml dependencies' paths to local file://charts/...chart... to package a fully self-contained tgz package

cmd/helm/package.go

@@ -91,8 +91,12 @@ func newPackageCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 				}
 
 				if client.DependencyUpdate {
+					dmOut := io.Discard
+					if settings.Debug {
+						dmOut = out
+					}
 					downloadManager := &downloader.Manager{
-						Out:              io.Discard,
+						Out:              dmOut,
 						ChartPath:        path,
 						Keyring:          client.Keyring,
 						Getters:          p,
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@ func newPackageCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.StringVar(&client.AppVersion, "app-version", "", "set the appVersion on the chart to this version")
 	f.StringVarP(&client.Destination, "destination", "d", ".", "location to write the chart.")
 	f.BoolVarP(&client.DependencyUpdate, "dependency-update", "u", false, `update dependencies from "Chart.yaml" to dir "charts/" before packaging`)
+	f.BoolVarP(&client.RewriteChart, "rewrite-chart", "r", false, `rewrite dependencies in "Chart.yaml" to point to local "charts/" folder before packaging`)
 	f.StringVar(&client.Username, "username", "", "chart repository username where to locate the requested chart")
 	f.StringVar(&client.Password, "password", "", "chart repository password where to locate the requested chart")
 	f.StringVar(&client.CertFile, "cert-file", "", "identify HTTPS client using this SSL certificate file")

pkg/action/package.go

@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/resolver"
+
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart/loader"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chartutil"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/provenance"
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ type Package struct {
 	AppVersion       string
 	Destination      string
 	DependencyUpdate bool
+	RewriteChart     bool
 
 	RepositoryConfig      string
 	RepositoryCache       string
@@ -85,6 +89,25 @@ func (p *Package) Run(path string, _ map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
 			return "", err
 		}
 	}
+	if p.RewriteChart {
+		if len(ch.Metadata.Dependencies) != 0 {
+			if ch.Lock == nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("lock is nil. Please run package -u -r to have Chart.lock set")
+			}
+			lockedDependencies := make([]*chart.Dependency, 0, len(ch.Metadata.Dependencies))
+			for i, d := range ch.Metadata.Dependencies {
+				d.Repository = "file://charts/" + d.Name
+				ch.Metadata.Dependencies[i] = d
+				lockedDependencies = append(lockedDependencies, d)
+			}
+			ch.Lock.Dependencies = lockedDependencies
+			newDigest, err := resolver.HashReq(ch.Metadata.Dependencies, ch.Lock.Dependencies)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+			ch.Lock.Digest = newDigest
+		}
+	}
 
 	var dest string
 	if p.Destination == "." {