Review comments fixed

- Documentation improvement
- Loop detection limit into package variable
- Loop detection now handles self-pointer

cmd/helm/dependency_build.go

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func newDependencyBuildCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.BoolVar(&dbc.verify, "verify", false, "verify the packages against signatures")
 	f.StringVar(&dbc.keyring, "keyring", defaultKeyring(), "keyring containing public keys")
-	f.BoolVar(&dbc.recursive, "recursive", false, "recursive mode")
+	f.BoolVar(&dbc.recursive, "recursive", false, "run the dependency build also for the dependent charts recursively")
 
 	return cmd
 }

docs/helm/helm_dependency_build.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ helm dependency build [flags] CHART
 
 ```
       --keyring string   keyring containing public keys (default "~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg")
-      --recursive        recursive mode
+      --recursive        run the dependency build also for the dependent charts recursively
       --verify           verify the packages against signatures
 ```
 

docs/man/man1/helm_dependency_build.1

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ of 'helm dependency update'.
 
 .PP
 \fB\-\-recursive\fP[=false]
-    recursive mode
+    run the dependency build also for the dependent charts recursively
 
 .PP
 \fB\-\-verify\fP[=false]

pkg/downloader/manager.go

@@ -61,10 +61,17 @@ type Manager struct {
 	Recursive bool
 }
 
+// MaxDepsPerChart is the limit of chart hierarchy in case of recursive mode
+// If it is exceeded, it is treated as loop between the chart dependencies.
+var MaxDepsPerChart = 100
+
 // Build rebuilds a local charts directory from a lockfile.
 //
 // If the lockfile is not present, this will run a Manager.Update()
 //
+// The integer return value indicates the dependency sum. It is used to
+// detect loops in case of recirsive mode.
+//
 // If SkipUpdate is set, this will not update the repository.
 func (m *Manager) Build() (int, error) {
 	c, err := m.loadChartDir()
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Build() (int, error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	myDeps := len(reqs.Dependencies)
+	myDeps := 1 + len(reqs.Dependencies)
 	if m.Recursive {
 		depM := *m
 		for _, dep := range reqs.Dependencies {
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Build() (int, error) {
 				return 0, err
 			}
 			myDeps += depOfDeps
-			if myDeps > 100 {
+			if myDeps > MaxDepsPerChart {
 				return 0, fmt.Errorf("Loop prevention kicked in.")
 			}
 		}