diff --git a/kyaml/copyutil/copyutil.go b/kyaml/copyutil/copyutil.go
index d5ae7dfcd..53e3cd6ff 100644
--- a/kyaml/copyutil/copyutil.go
+++ b/kyaml/copyutil/copyutil.go
@@ -131,3 +131,49 @@ func Diff(sourceDir, destDir string) (sets.String, error) {
 	// return the differing files
 	return diff, nil
 }
+
+// SyncFile copies file from src file path to a dst file path by replacement
+// deletes dst file if src file doesn't exist
+func SyncFile(src, dst string) error {
+	srcFileInfo, err := os.Stat(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		// delete dst if source doesn't exist
+		if err = deleteFile(dst); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var filePerm os.FileMode
+
+	// get the destination file perm if file exists
+	dstFileInfo, err := os.Stat(dst)
+	if err != nil {
+		// get source file perm if destination file doesn't exist
+		filePerm = srcFileInfo.Mode().Perm()
+	} else {
+		filePerm = dstFileInfo.Mode().Perm()
+	}
+
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(dst, input, filePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// deleteFile deletes file from path, returns no error if file doesn't exist
+func deleteFile(path string) error {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		// return nil if file doesn't exist
+		return nil
+	}
+	return os.Remove(path)
+}
diff --git a/kyaml/copyutil/copyutil_test.go b/kyaml/copyutil/copyutil_test.go
index 7f364b1f4..33446572b 100644
--- a/kyaml/copyutil/copyutil_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/copyutil/copyutil_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -203,3 +204,60 @@ func TestDiff_skipGitDest(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Empty(t, diff.List())
 }
+
+// TestSyncFile tests if destination file is replaced by source file content
+func TestSyncFile(t *testing.T) {
+	d1, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	d2, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	f1Name := d1 + "/temp.txt"
+	f2Name := d2 + "/temp.txt"
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(f1Name, []byte("abc"), 0600)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(f2Name, []byte("def"), 0644)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = SyncFile(f1Name, f2Name)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	actual, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f2Name)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "abc", string(actual))
+	dstFileInfo, _ := os.Stat(f2Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "-rw-r--r--", dstFileInfo.Mode().String())
+}
+
+// TestSyncFileNoDestFile tests if new file is created at destination with source file content
+func TestSyncFileNoDestFile(t *testing.T) {
+	d1, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	d2, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	f1Name := d1 + "/temp.txt"
+	f2Name := d2 + "/temp.txt"
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(f1Name, []byte("abc"), 0644)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = SyncFile(f1Name, f2Name)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	actual, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f2Name)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "abc", string(actual))
+	dstFileInfo, _ := os.Stat(f2Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "-rw-r--r--", dstFileInfo.Mode().String())
+}
+
+// TestSyncFileNoSrcFile tests if destination file is deleted if source file doesn't exist
+func TestSyncFileNoSrcFile(t *testing.T) {
+	d1, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	d2, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	f1Name := d1 + "/temp.txt"
+	f2Name := d2 + "/temp.txt"
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(f2Name, []byte("abc"), 0644)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = SyncFile(f1Name, f2Name)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = ioutil.ReadFile(f2Name)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no such file or directory"))
+}
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go b/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
index d4f53265d..a4eeeeac1 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ type LocalPackageReader struct {
 
 var _ Reader = LocalPackageReader{}
 
-var defaultMatch = []string{"*.yaml", "*.yml"}
+var DefaultMatch = []string{"*.yaml", "*.yml"}
 
 // Read reads the Resources.
 func (r LocalPackageReader) Read() ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (r LocalPackageReader) Read() ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("must specify package path")
 	}
 	if len(r.MatchFilesGlob) == 0 {
-		r.MatchFilesGlob = defaultMatch
+		r.MatchFilesGlob = DefaultMatch
 	}
 
 	var operand ResourceNodeSlice
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ func (r LocalPackageReader) Read() ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 
 		// check if we should skip the directory or file
 		if info.IsDir() {
-			return r.shouldSkipDir(path)
+			return r.ShouldSkipDir(path)
 		}
-		if match, err := r.shouldSkipFile(info); err != nil {
+		if match, err := r.ShouldSkipFile(info); err != nil {
 			return err
 		} else if !match {
 			// skip this file
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ func (r *LocalPackageReader) readFile(path string, _ os.FileInfo) ([]*yaml.RNode
 	return rr.Read()
 }
 
-// shouldSkipFile returns true if the file should be skipped
-func (r *LocalPackageReader) shouldSkipFile(info os.FileInfo) (bool, error) {
+// ShouldSkipFile returns true if the file should be skipped
+func (r *LocalPackageReader) ShouldSkipFile(info os.FileInfo) (bool, error) {
 	// check if the files are in scope
 	for _, g := range r.MatchFilesGlob {
 		if match, err := filepath.Match(g, info.Name()); err != nil {
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ func (r *LocalPackageReader) initReaderAnnotations(path string, _ os.FileInfo) {
 	}
 }
 
-// shouldSkipDir returns a filepath.SkipDir if the directory should be skipped
-func (r *LocalPackageReader) shouldSkipDir(path string) error {
+// ShouldSkipDir returns a filepath.SkipDir if the directory should be skipped
+func (r *LocalPackageReader) ShouldSkipDir(path string) error {
 	if r.PackageFileName == "" {
 		return nil
 	}