diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/factory.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/factory.go
index 61dff0ab5..5a6a0b8d3 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/factory.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/factory.go
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ func NewFactoryImpl() *FactoryImpl {
 func (p *FactoryImpl) MakePatchTransformer(
 	slice []*resource.Resource,
 	rf *resource.Factory) (transformers.Transformer, error) {
-	return patch.NewPatchTransformer(slice, rf)
+	return patch.NewTransformer(slice, rf)
 }
 
 // MakeHashTransformer makes a new name hash transformer
 func (p *FactoryImpl) MakeHashTransformer() transformers.Transformer {
-	return hash.NewNameHashTransformer()
+	return hash.NewTransformer()
 }
 
 func (p *FactoryImpl) MakeInventoryTransformer(
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ func (p *FactoryImpl) MakeInventoryTransformer(
 	ldr ifc.Loader,
 	namespace string,
 	gp types.GarbagePolicy) transformers.Transformer {
-	return inventory.NewInventoryTransformer(arg, ldr, namespace, gp)
+	return inventory.NewTransformer(arg, ldr, namespace, gp)
 }
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/hash.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/kusthash.go
similarity index 78%
rename from k8sdeps/transformer/hash/hash.go
rename to k8sdeps/transformer/hash/kusthash.go
index cdab7244b..26c647d83 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/hash.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/kusthash.go
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package hash
 
@@ -26,16 +13,16 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )
 
-// KustHash compute hash for unstructured objects
-type KustHash struct{}
+// kustHash computes a hash of an unstructured object.
+type kustHash struct{}
 
-// NewKustHash returns a KustHash object
-func NewKustHash() *KustHash {
-	return &KustHash{}
+// NewKustHash returns a kustHash object
+func NewKustHash() *kustHash {
+	return &kustHash{}
 }
 
 // Hash returns a hash of either a ConfigMap or a Secret
-func (h *KustHash) Hash(m map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
+func (h *kustHash) Hash(m map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
 	u := unstructured.Unstructured{
 		Object: m,
 	}
@@ -46,22 +33,23 @@ func (h *KustHash) Hash(m map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
-		return ConfigMapHash(cm)
+		return configMapHash(cm)
 	case "Secret":
 		sec, err := unstructuredToSecret(u)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
-		return SecretHash(sec)
+		return secretHash(sec)
 	default:
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("type %s is supported for hashing in %v", kind, m)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf(
+			"type %s is not supported for hashing in %v", kind, m)
 	}
 }
 
-// ConfigMapHash returns a hash of the ConfigMap.
+// configMapHash returns a hash of the ConfigMap.
 // The Data, Kind, and Name are taken into account.
-func ConfigMapHash(cm *v1.ConfigMap) (string, error) {
+func configMapHash(cm *v1.ConfigMap) (string, error) {
 	encoded, err := encodeConfigMap(cm)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -75,7 +63,7 @@ func ConfigMapHash(cm *v1.ConfigMap) (string, error) {
 
 // SecretHash returns a hash of the Secret.
 // The Data, Kind, Name, and Type are taken into account.
-func SecretHash(sec *v1.Secret) (string, error) {
+func secretHash(sec *v1.Secret) (string, error) {
 	encoded, err := encodeSecret(sec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/hash_test.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/kusthash_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from k8sdeps/transformer/hash/hash_test.go
rename to k8sdeps/transformer/hash/kusthash_test.go
index 4a3c9365c..47d783498 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/hash_test.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/kusthash_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestConfigMapHash(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		h, err := ConfigMapHash(c.cm)
+		h, err := configMapHash(c.cm)
 		if SkipRest(t, c.desc, err, c.err) {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestSecretHash(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		h, err := SecretHash(c.secret)
+		h, err := secretHash(c.secret)
 		if SkipRest(t, c.desc, err, c.err) {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/namehash.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/namehash.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a52072e8a..000000000
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/namehash.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package hash
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/transformers"
-)
-
-type nameHashTransformer struct{}
-
-var _ transformers.Transformer = &nameHashTransformer{}
-
-// NewNameHashTransformer construct a nameHashTransformer.
-func NewNameHashTransformer() transformers.Transformer {
-	return &nameHashTransformer{}
-}
-
-// Transform appends hash to generated resources.
-func (o *nameHashTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
-	for _, res := range m {
-		if res.NeedHashSuffix() {
-			h, err := NewKustHash().Hash(res.Map())
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			res.SetName(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", res.GetName(), h))
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/transformer.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/transformer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e0e3123a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/transformer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package hash
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/transformers"
+)
+
+type transformer struct{}
+
+var _ transformers.Transformer = &transformer{}
+
+// NewTransformer make a hash transformer.
+func NewTransformer() transformers.Transformer {
+	return &transformer{}
+}
+
+// Transform appends hash to generated resources.
+func (tf *transformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
+	for _, res := range m {
+		if res.NeedHashSuffix() {
+			h, err := NewKustHash().Hash(res.Map())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			res.SetName(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", res.GetName(), h))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/namehash_test.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/transformer_test.go
similarity index 85%
rename from k8sdeps/transformer/hash/namehash_test.go
rename to k8sdeps/transformer/hash/transformer_test.go
index 7ca724511..cf182671e 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/namehash_test.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/hash/transformer_test.go
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package hash
 
@@ -152,7 +139,7 @@ func TestNameHashTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 			}, &types.GeneratorArgs{Behavior: "create"}, &types.GeneratorOptions{DisableNameSuffixHash: false}),
 	}
 
-	tran := NewNameHashTransformer()
+	tran := NewTransformer()
 	tran.Transform(objs)
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(objs, expected) {
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/inventory.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/transformer.go
similarity index 83%
rename from k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/inventory.go
rename to k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/transformer.go
index 61fe389a6..431c8c280 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/inventory.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/transformer.go
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types"
 )
 
-// inventoryTransformer compute the inventory object used in prune
-type inventoryTransformer struct {
+// transformer compute the inventory object used in prune
+type transformer struct {
 	garbagePolicy types.GarbagePolicy
 	ldr           ifc.Loader
 	cmName        string
 	cmNamespace   string
 }
 
-var _ transformers.Transformer = &inventoryTransformer{}
+var _ transformers.Transformer = &transformer{}
 
-// NewInventoryTransformer makes a inventoryTransformer.
-func NewInventoryTransformer(
+// NewTransformer makes a new inventory transformer.
+func NewTransformer(
 	p *types.Inventory,
 	ldr ifc.Loader,
 	namespace string,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func NewInventoryTransformer(
 	if p == nil || p.Type != "ConfigMap" || p.ConfigMap.Namespace != namespace {
 		return transformers.NewNoOpTransformer()
 	}
-	return &inventoryTransformer{
+	return &transformer{
 		garbagePolicy: gp,
 		ldr:           ldr,
 		cmName:        p.ConfigMap.Name,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func NewInventoryTransformer(
 // The inventory data is written to annotation since
 //   1. The key in data field is constrained and couldn't include arbitrary letters
 //   2. The annotation can be put into any kind of objects
-func (o *inventoryTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
+func (tf *transformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	invty := inventory.NewInventory()
 	var keys []string
 	for _, r := range m {
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ func (o *inventoryTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	}
 
 	args := &types.ConfigMapArgs{}
-	args.Name = o.cmName
-	args.Namespace = o.cmNamespace
+	args.Name = tf.cmName
+	args.Namespace = tf.cmNamespace
 	opts := &types.GeneratorOptions{
 		Annotations: make(map[string]string),
 	}
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ func (o *inventoryTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	}
 
 	kf := kunstruct.NewKunstructuredFactoryImpl()
-	k, err := kf.MakeConfigMap(o.ldr, opts, args)
+	k, err := kf.MakeConfigMap(tf.ldr, opts, args)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if o.garbagePolicy == types.GarbageCollect {
+	if tf.garbagePolicy == types.GarbageCollect {
 		for k := range m {
 			delete(m, k)
 		}
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ func (o *inventoryTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 			Version: "v1",
 			Kind:    "ConfigMap",
 		},
-		o.cmName,
-		"", o.cmNamespace)
+		tf.cmName,
+		"", tf.cmNamespace)
 	if _, ok := m[id]; ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("id %v is already used, please use a different name in the prune field", id)
 	}
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/inventory_test.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/transformer_test.go
similarity index 97%
rename from k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/inventory_test.go
rename to k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/transformer_test.go
index b2fa210c4..0c503d396 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/inventory_test.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/inventory/transformer_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestInventoryTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	objs := makeResMap()
 
 	// include the original resmap; only return the ConfigMap for pruning
-	tran := NewInventoryTransformer(p, ldr, "default", types.GarbageCollect)
+	tran := NewTransformer(p, ldr, "default", types.GarbageCollect)
 	tran.Transform(objs)
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(objs, expected) {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestInventoryTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	expected = objs.DeepCopy(rf)
 	expected[resid.NewResIdWithPrefixNamespace(cmap, "pruneCM", "", "default")] = pruneMap
 	// append the ConfigMap for pruning to the original resmap
-	tran = NewInventoryTransformer(p, ldr, "default", types.GarbageIgnore)
+	tran = NewTransformer(p, ldr, "default", types.GarbageIgnore)
 	tran.Transform(objs)
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(objs, expected) {
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patchconflictdetector.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/conflictdetector.go
similarity index 85%
rename from k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patchconflictdetector.go
rename to k8sdeps/transformer/patch/conflictdetector.go
index 10353c77f..3d8851505 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patchconflictdetector.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/conflictdetector.go
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package patch
 
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patch.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/transformer.go
similarity index 75%
rename from k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patch.go
rename to k8sdeps/transformer/patch/transformer.go
index 357f3daba..a0dcff6b2 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patch.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/transformer.go
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package patch
 
@@ -31,27 +18,27 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/transformers"
 )
 
-// patchTransformer applies patches.
-type patchTransformer struct {
+// transformer applies strategic merge patches.
+type transformer struct {
 	patches []*resource.Resource
 	rf      *resource.Factory
 }
 
-var _ transformers.Transformer = &patchTransformer{}
+var _ transformers.Transformer = &transformer{}
 
-// NewPatchTransformer constructs a patchTransformer.
-func NewPatchTransformer(
+// NewTransformer constructs a strategic merge patch transformer.
+func NewTransformer(
 	slice []*resource.Resource, rf *resource.Factory) (transformers.Transformer, error) {
 	if len(slice) == 0 {
 		return transformers.NewNoOpTransformer(), nil
 	}
-	return &patchTransformer{patches: slice, rf: rf}, nil
+	return &transformer{patches: slice, rf: rf}, nil
 }
 
 // Transform apply the patches on top of the base resources.
-func (pt *patchTransformer) Transform(baseResourceMap resmap.ResMap) error {
+func (tf *transformer) Transform(baseResourceMap resmap.ResMap) error {
 	// Merge and then index the patches by Id.
-	patches, err := pt.mergePatches()
+	patches, err := tf.mergePatches()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -118,9 +105,9 @@ func (pt *patchTransformer) Transform(baseResourceMap resmap.ResMap) error {
 
 // mergePatches merge and index patches by Id.
 // It errors out if there is conflict between patches.
-func (pt *patchTransformer) mergePatches() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
+func (tf *transformer) mergePatches() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 	rc := resmap.ResMap{}
-	for ix, patch := range pt.patches {
+	for ix, patch := range tf.patches {
 		id := patch.Id()
 		existing, found := rc[id]
 		if !found {
@@ -134,9 +121,9 @@ func (pt *patchTransformer) mergePatches() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 		}
 		var cd conflictDetector
 		if err != nil {
-			cd = newJMPConflictDetector(pt.rf)
+			cd = newJMPConflictDetector(tf.rf)
 		} else {
-			cd, err = newSMPConflictDetector(versionedObj, pt.rf)
+			cd, err = newSMPConflictDetector(versionedObj, tf.rf)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -147,7 +134,7 @@ func (pt *patchTransformer) mergePatches() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if conflict {
-			conflictingPatch, err := cd.findConflict(ix, pt.patches)
+			conflictingPatch, err := cd.findConflict(ix, tf.patches)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patch_test.go b/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/transformer_test.go
similarity index 93%
rename from k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patch_test.go
rename to k8sdeps/transformer/patch/transformer_test.go
index d6955a6ee..a47d2d25d 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/patch_test.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/transformer/patch/transformer_test.go
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package patch
 
@@ -128,7 +115,7 @@ func TestOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}),
 	}
-	lt, err := NewPatchTransformer(patch, rf)
+	lt, err := NewTransformer(patch, rf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -258,7 +245,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}),
 	}
-	lt, err := NewPatchTransformer(patch, rf)
+	lt, err := NewTransformer(patch, rf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -344,7 +331,7 @@ func TestMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 		),
 	}
 
-	lt, err := NewPatchTransformer(patch, rf)
+	lt, err := NewTransformer(patch, rf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -407,7 +394,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaOverlayRun(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 
-	lt, err := NewPatchTransformer(patch, rf)
+	lt, err := NewTransformer(patch, rf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -491,7 +478,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatches(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 	}
 
-	lt, err := NewPatchTransformer(patch, rf)
+	lt, err := NewTransformer(patch, rf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -549,7 +536,7 @@ func TestNoSchemaMultiplePatchesWithConflict(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 
-	lt, err := NewPatchTransformer(patch, rf)
+	lt, err := NewTransformer(patch, rf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}