add origin annotation for resources generated by generators (#4341)

* add origin annotation for resources generated by builtin and custom generators

* decouple origin data from generator data and account for inline generators

api/internal/plugins/loader/loader.go

@@ -53,14 +53,18 @@ func (l *Loader) SetWorkDir(wd string) {
 }
 
 func (l *Loader) LoadGenerators(
-	ldr ifc.Loader, v ifc.Validator, rm resmap.ResMap) ([]resmap.Generator, error) {
+	ldr ifc.Loader, v ifc.Validator, rm resmap.ResMap) (
-	var result []resmap.Generator
+	result []*resmap.GeneratorWithProperties, err error) {
 	for _, res := range rm.Resources() {
 		g, err := l.LoadGenerator(ldr, v, res)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		result = append(result, g)
+		generatorOrigin, err := resource.OriginFromCustomPlugin(res)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		result = append(result, &resmap.GeneratorWithProperties{Generator: g, Origin: generatorOrigin})
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }

api/internal/target/kusttarget.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 // KustTarget encapsulates the entirety of a kustomization build.
 type KustTarget struct {
 	kustomization *types.Kustomization
+	kustFileName  string
 	ldr           ifc.Loader
 	validator     ifc.Validator
 	rFactory      *resmap.Factory
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func NewKustTarget(
 
 // Load attempts to load the target's kustomization file.
 func (kt *KustTarget) Load() error {
-	content, err := loadKustFile(kt.ldr)
+	content, kustFileName, err := loadKustFile(kt.ldr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) Load() error {
 				strings.Join(errs, "\n"), kt.ldr.Root())
 	}
 	kt.kustomization = &k
+	kt.kustFileName = kustFileName
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -85,23 +87,25 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) Kustomization() types.Kustomization {
 	return result
 }
 
-func loadKustFile(ldr ifc.Loader) ([]byte, error) {
+func loadKustFile(ldr ifc.Loader) ([]byte, string, error) {
 	var content []byte
 	match := 0
+	var kustFileName string
 	for _, kf := range konfig.RecognizedKustomizationFileNames() {
 		c, err := ldr.Load(kf)
 		if err == nil {
 			match += 1
 			content = c
+			kustFileName = kf
 		}
 	}
 	switch match {
 	case 0:
-		return nil, NewErrMissingKustomization(ldr.Root())
+		return nil, "", NewErrMissingKustomization(ldr.Root())
 	case 1:
-		return content, nil
+		return content, kustFileName, nil
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf(
 			"Found multiple kustomization files under: %s\n", ldr.Root())
 	}
 }
@@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) accumulateTarget(ra *accumulator.ResAccumulator, origin *r
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(
 			err, "merging CRDs %v", crdTc)
 	}
-	err = kt.runGenerators(ra)
+	err = kt.runGenerators(ra, origin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -244,23 +248,31 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) IgnoreLocal(ra *accumulator.ResAccumulator) error {
 }
 
 func (kt *KustTarget) runGenerators(
-	ra *accumulator.ResAccumulator) error {
+	ra *accumulator.ResAccumulator, origin *resource.Origin) error {
-	var generators []resmap.Generator
+	var generators []*resmap.GeneratorWithProperties
-	gs, err := kt.configureBuiltinGenerators()
+	gs, err := kt.configureBuiltinGenerators(origin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	generators = append(generators, gs...)
-	gs, err = kt.configureExternalGenerators()
+
+	gs, err = kt.configureExternalGenerators(origin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "loading generator plugins")
 	}
 	generators = append(generators, gs...)
-	for _, g := range generators {
+
+	for i, g := range generators {
 		resMap, err := g.Generate()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if resMap != nil {
+			err = resMap.AddOriginAnnotation(generators[i].Origin)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "adding origin annotations for generator %v", g)
+			}
+		}
 		err = ra.AbsorbAll(resMap)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "merging from generator %v", g)
@@ -269,7 +281,8 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) runGenerators(
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (kt *KustTarget) configureExternalGenerators() ([]resmap.Generator, error) {
+func (kt *KustTarget) configureExternalGenerators(origin *resource.Origin) (
+	[]*resmap.GeneratorWithProperties, error) {
 	ra := accumulator.MakeEmptyAccumulator()
 	var generatorPaths []string
 	for _, p := range kt.kustomization.Generators {
@@ -279,10 +292,19 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) configureExternalGenerators() ([]resmap.Generator, error)
 			// not an inline config
 			generatorPaths = append(generatorPaths, p)
 			continue
+		} else {
+			// inline config, track the origin
+			if origin != nil {
+				resources := rm.Resources()
+				for _, r := range resources {
+					r.SetOrigin(origin.Append(kt.kustFileName))
+					rm.Replace(r)
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		ra.AppendAll(rm)
 	}
-	ra, err := kt.accumulateResources(ra, generatorPaths, &resource.Origin{})
+	ra, err := kt.accumulateResources(ra, generatorPaths, origin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

api/internal/target/kusttarget_configplugin.go

@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ package target
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/plugins/builtinconfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/plugins/builtinhelpers"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/types"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
 )
 
 // Functions dedicated to configuring the builtin
@@ -27,8 +30,8 @@ import (
 // image tag transforms.  In these cases, we'll need
 // N plugin instances with differing configurations.
 
-func (kt *KustTarget) configureBuiltinGenerators() (
+func (kt *KustTarget) configureBuiltinGenerators(origin *resource.Origin) (
-	result []resmap.Generator, err error) {
+	result []*resmap.GeneratorWithProperties, err error) {
 	for _, bpt := range []builtinhelpers.BuiltinPluginType{
 		builtinhelpers.ConfigMapGenerator,
 		builtinhelpers.SecretGenerator,
@@ -39,7 +42,25 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) configureBuiltinGenerators() (
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		result = append(result, r...)
+
+		var generatorOrigin *resource.Origin
+		if origin != nil {
+			generatorOrigin = &resource.Origin{
+				Repo:         origin.Repo,
+				Ref:          origin.Ref,
+				ConfiguredIn: filepath.Join(origin.Path, kt.kustFileName),
+				ConfiguredBy: yaml.ResourceIdentifier{
+					TypeMeta: yaml.TypeMeta{
+						APIVersion: "builtin",
+						Kind:       bpt.String(),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+		}
+
+		for i := range r {
+			result = append(result, &resmap.GeneratorWithProperties{Generator: r[i], Origin: generatorOrigin})
+		}
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }

api/krusty/buildmetadata_test.go

@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
 package krusty_test
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/utils"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/krusty"
 	_ "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/krusty"
 	kusttest_test "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/testutils/kusttest"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/filesys"
 )
 
 func TestAnnoOriginLocalFiles(t *testing.T) {
@@ -263,3 +269,546 @@ metadata:
 type: Opaque
 `)
 }
+
+func TestAnnoOriginLocalBuiltinGenerator(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+	th.WriteK(".", `
+resources:
+- service.yaml
+configMapGenerator:
+- name: bob
+  literals:
+  - fruit=Indian Gooseberry
+  - year=2020
+  - crisis=true
+buildMetadata: [originAnnotations]
+
+`)
+	th.WriteF("service.yaml", `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: demo
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+`)
+	m := th.Run(".", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(
+		m, `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      path: service.yaml
+  name: demo
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  crisis: "true"
+  fruit: Indian Gooseberry
+  year: "2020"
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      configuredIn: kustomization.yaml
+      configuredBy:
+        apiVersion: builtin
+        kind: ConfigMapGenerator
+  name: bob-79t79mt227
+`)
+}
+
+func TestAnnoOriginConfigMapGeneratorMerge(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+	th.WriteK("base", `
+configMapGenerator:
+- name: bob
+  literals:
+  - fruit=Indian Gooseberry
+  - year=2020
+  - crisis=true
+`)
+	th.WriteK("overlay", `
+resources:
+- ../base
+configMapGenerator:
+- name: bob
+  behavior: merge
+  literals:
+  - month=12
+buildMetadata: [originAnnotations]
+`)
+	m := th.Run("overlay", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  crisis: "true"
+  fruit: Indian Gooseberry
+  month: "12"
+  year: "2020"
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      configuredIn: ../base/kustomization.yaml
+      configuredBy:
+        apiVersion: builtin
+        kind: ConfigMapGenerator
+  name: bob-bk46gm59c6
+`)
+}
+
+func TestAnnoOriginConfigMapGeneratorReplace(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+	th.WriteK("base", `
+configMapGenerator:
+- name: bob
+  literals:
+  - fruit=Indian Gooseberry
+  - year=2020
+  - crisis=true
+`)
+	th.WriteK("overlay", `
+resources:
+- ../base
+configMapGenerator:
+- name: bob
+  behavior: replace
+  literals:
+  - month=12
+buildMetadata: [originAnnotations]
+`)
+	m := th.Run("overlay", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  month: "12"
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      configuredIn: kustomization.yaml
+      configuredBy:
+        apiVersion: builtin
+        kind: ConfigMapGenerator
+  name: bob-f8t5fhtbhc
+`)
+}
+
+func TestAnnoOriginCustomExecGenerator(t *testing.T) {
+	fSys := filesys.MakeFsOnDisk()
+
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarnessWithFs(t, fSys)
+	o := th.MakeOptionsPluginsEnabled()
+	o.PluginConfig.FnpLoadingOptions.EnableExec = true
+
+	tmpDir, err := filesys.NewTmpConfirmedDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	th.WriteK(tmpDir.String(), `
+resources:
+- short_secret.yaml
+generators:
+- gener.yaml
+buildMetadata: [originAnnotations]
+`)
+
+	// Create some additional resource just to make sure everything is added
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "short_secret.yaml"),
+		`
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/ephemeral-user-data: "true"
+  name: node1-bmc-secret
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  userData: |
+    bootcmd:
+    - mkdir /mnt/vda
+`)
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "generateDeployment.sh"), generateDeploymentDotSh)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, os.Chmod(filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "generateDeployment.sh"), 0777))
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "gener.yaml"), `
+kind: executable
+metadata:
+  name: demo
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/function: |
+      exec:
+        path: ./generateDeployment.sh
+spec:
+`)
+
+	m := th.Run(tmpDir.String(), o)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	yml, err := m.AsYaml()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      path: short_secret.yaml
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/ephemeral-user-data: "true"
+  name: node1-bmc-secret
+stringData:
+  userData: |
+    bootcmd:
+    - mkdir /mnt/vda
+type: Opaque
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      configuredIn: gener.yaml
+      configuredBy:
+        kind: executable
+        name: demo
+    tshirt-size: small
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: nginx
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nginx
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
+`, string(yml))
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.RemoveAll(tmpDir.String()))
+}
+
+func TestAnnoOriginCustomInlineExecGenerator(t *testing.T) {
+	fSys := filesys.MakeFsOnDisk()
+
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarnessWithFs(t, fSys)
+	o := th.MakeOptionsPluginsEnabled()
+	o.PluginConfig.FnpLoadingOptions.EnableExec = true
+
+	tmpDir, err := filesys.NewTmpConfirmedDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	th.WriteK(tmpDir.String(), `
+resources:
+- short_secret.yaml
+generators:
+- |-
+  kind: executable
+  metadata:
+    name: demo
+    annotations:
+      config.kubernetes.io/function: |
+        exec:
+          path: ./generateDeployment.sh
+  spec:
+buildMetadata: [originAnnotations]
+`)
+
+	// Create some additional resource just to make sure everything is added
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "short_secret.yaml"),
+		`
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/ephemeral-user-data: "true"
+  name: node1-bmc-secret
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  userData: |
+    bootcmd:
+    - mkdir /mnt/vda
+`)
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "generateDeployment.sh"), generateDeploymentDotSh)
+	assert.NoError(t, os.Chmod(filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "generateDeployment.sh"), 0777))
+	m := th.Run(tmpDir.String(), o)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	yml, err := m.AsYaml()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      path: short_secret.yaml
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/ephemeral-user-data: "true"
+  name: node1-bmc-secret
+stringData:
+  userData: |
+    bootcmd:
+    - mkdir /mnt/vda
+type: Opaque
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      configuredIn: kustomization.yaml
+      configuredBy:
+        kind: executable
+        name: demo
+    tshirt-size: small
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: nginx
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nginx
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
+`, string(yml))
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.RemoveAll(tmpDir.String()))
+}
+
+func TestAnnoOriginCustomExecGeneratorWithOverlay(t *testing.T) {
+	fSys := filesys.MakeFsOnDisk()
+
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarnessWithFs(t, fSys)
+	o := th.MakeOptionsPluginsEnabled()
+	o.PluginConfig.FnpLoadingOptions.EnableExec = true
+
+	tmpDir, err := filesys.NewTmpConfirmedDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	base := filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "base")
+	prod := filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "prod")
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.Mkdir(base))
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.Mkdir(prod))
+	th.WriteK(base, `
+resources:
+- short_secret.yaml
+generators:
+- gener.yaml
+`)
+	th.WriteK(prod, `
+resources:
+- ../base
+buildMetadata: [originAnnotations]
+`)
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(base, "short_secret.yaml"),
+		`
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/ephemeral-user-data: "true"
+  name: node1-bmc-secret
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  userData: |
+    bootcmd:
+    - mkdir /mnt/vda
+`)
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(base, "generateDeployment.sh"), generateDeploymentDotSh)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, os.Chmod(filepath.Join(base, "generateDeployment.sh"), 0777))
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(base, "gener.yaml"), `
+kind: executable
+metadata:
+  name: demo
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/function: |
+      exec:
+        path: ./generateDeployment.sh
+spec:
+`)
+
+	m := th.Run(prod, o)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	yml, err := m.AsYaml()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      path: ../base/short_secret.yaml
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/ephemeral-user-data: "true"
+  name: node1-bmc-secret
+stringData:
+  userData: |
+    bootcmd:
+    - mkdir /mnt/vda
+type: Opaque
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      configuredIn: ../base/gener.yaml
+      configuredBy:
+        kind: executable
+        name: demo
+    tshirt-size: small
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: nginx
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nginx
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
+`, string(yml))
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.RemoveAll(tmpDir.String()))
+}
+
+func TestAnnoOriginCustomInlineExecGeneratorWithOverlay(t *testing.T) {
+	fSys := filesys.MakeFsOnDisk()
+
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarnessWithFs(t, fSys)
+	o := th.MakeOptionsPluginsEnabled()
+	o.PluginConfig.FnpLoadingOptions.EnableExec = true
+
+	tmpDir, err := filesys.NewTmpConfirmedDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	base := filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "base")
+	prod := filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "prod")
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.Mkdir(base))
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.Mkdir(prod))
+	th.WriteK(base, `
+resources:
+- short_secret.yaml
+generators:
+- |-
+  kind: executable
+  metadata:
+    name: demo
+    annotations:
+      config.kubernetes.io/function: |
+        exec:
+          path: ./generateDeployment.sh
+  spec:
+`)
+	th.WriteK(prod, `
+resources:
+- ../base
+buildMetadata: [originAnnotations]
+`)
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(base, "short_secret.yaml"),
+		`
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/ephemeral-user-data: "true"
+  name: node1-bmc-secret
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  userData: |
+    bootcmd:
+    - mkdir /mnt/vda
+`)
+	th.WriteF(filepath.Join(base, "generateDeployment.sh"), generateDeploymentDotSh)
+	assert.NoError(t, os.Chmod(filepath.Join(base, "generateDeployment.sh"), 0777))
+	m := th.Run(prod, o)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	yml, err := m.AsYaml()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      path: ../base/short_secret.yaml
+  labels:
+    airshipit.org/ephemeral-user-data: "true"
+  name: node1-bmc-secret
+stringData:
+  userData: |
+    bootcmd:
+    - mkdir /mnt/vda
+type: Opaque
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      configuredIn: ../base/kustomization.yaml
+      configuredBy:
+        kind: executable
+        name: demo
+    tshirt-size: small
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: nginx
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nginx
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: nginx
+        name: nginx
+`, string(yml))
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.RemoveAll(tmpDir.String()))
+}
+
+func TestAnnoOriginRemoteBuiltinGenerator(t *testing.T) {
+	fSys := filesys.MakeFsOnDisk()
+	b := krusty.MakeKustomizer(krusty.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	tmpDir, err := filesys.NewTmpConfirmedDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir.String(), "kustomization.yaml"), []byte(`
+resources:
+- github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/examples/ldap/base/?ref=v1.0.6
+buildMetadata: [originAnnotations]
+`)))
+	m, err := b.Run(
+		fSys,
+		tmpDir.String())
+	if utils.IsErrTimeout(err) {
+		// Don't fail on timeouts.
+		t.SkipNow()
+	}
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	yml, err := m.AsYaml()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, string(yml), `kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/origin: |
+      repo: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
+      ref: v1.0.6
+      configuredIn: examples/ldap/base/kustomization.yaml
+      configuredBy:
+        apiVersion: builtin
+        kind: ConfigMapGenerator
+  name: ldap-configmap-4d7m6k5b42`)
+	assert.NoError(t, fSys.RemoveAll(tmpDir.String()))
+}

api/resmap/resmap.go

@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ type Generator interface {
 	Generate() (ResMap, error)
 }
 
+// A GeneratorWithProperties contains a Generator and stores
+// some of its properties
+type GeneratorWithProperties struct {
+	Generator
+	Origin *resource.Origin
+}
+
 // Something that's configurable accepts an
 // instance of PluginHelpers and a raw config
 // object (YAML in []byte form).
@@ -136,6 +143,11 @@ type ResMap interface {
 	// self, then its behavior _cannot_ be merge or replace.
 	AbsorbAll(ResMap) error
 
+	// AddOriginAnnotation will add the provided origin as
+	// an annotation to all resources in the Resmap, if
+	// the origin is not nil.
+	AddOriginAnnotation(origin *resource.Origin) error
+
 	// AnnotateAll annotates all resources in the ResMap with
 	// the provided key value pair.
 	AnnotateAll(key string, value string) error

api/resmap/reswrangler.go

@@ -484,6 +484,25 @@ func (m *resWrangler) AbsorbAll(other ResMap) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// AddOriginAnnotation implements ResMap.
+func (m *resWrangler) AddOriginAnnotation(origin *resource.Origin) error {
+	if origin == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for _, res := range m.rList {
+		or, err := res.GetOrigin()
+		if or != nil || err != nil {
+			// if any resources already have an origin annotation,
+			// skip it
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := res.SetOrigin(origin); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (m *resWrangler) appendReplaceOrMerge(res *resource.Resource) error {
 	id := res.CurId()
 	matches := m.GetMatchingResourcesByAnyId(id.Equals)
@@ -510,9 +529,18 @@ func (m *resWrangler) appendReplaceOrMerge(res *resource.Resource) error {
 		case types.BehaviorReplace:
 			res.CopyMergeMetaDataFieldsFrom(old)
 		case types.BehaviorMerge:
+			// ensure the origin annotation doesn't get overwritten
+			orig, err := old.GetOrigin()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			res.CopyMergeMetaDataFieldsFrom(old)
 			res.MergeDataMapFrom(old)
 			res.MergeBinaryDataMapFrom(old)
+			if orig != nil {
+				res.SetOrigin(orig)
+			}
+
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf(
 				"id %#v exists; behavior must be merge or replace", id)

api/resource/origin.go

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ import (
 // Origin retains information about where resources in the output
 // of `kustomize build` originated from
 type Origin struct {
-	// Path is the path to the resource, rooted from the directory upon
+	// Path is the path to the resource. If a local resource, this path is
-	// which `kustomize build` was invoked
+	// rooted from the directory upon which `kustomize build` was invoked. If a
+	// remote resource, this path is rooted from the root of the remote repo.
 	Path string `json:"path,omitempty" yaml:"path,omitempty"`
 
 	// Repo is the remote repository that the resource originated from if it is
@@ -25,6 +26,16 @@ type Origin struct {
 	// Ref is the ref of the remote repository that the resource originated from
 	// if it is not from a local file
 	Ref string `json:"ref,omitempty" yaml:"ref,omitempty"`
+
+	// The following fields only apply to resources that have been
+	// generated by fields other than the `resources` field.
+
+	// ConfiguredIn is the file path to the generator config that created the
+	// resource
+	ConfiguredIn string `json:"configuredIn,omitempty" yaml:"configuredIn,omitempty"`
+
+	// ConfiguredBy is the ObjectReference of the generator config
+	ConfiguredBy kyaml.ResourceIdentifier `json:"configuredBy,omitempty" yaml:"configuredBy,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Copy returns a copy of origin
@@ -55,3 +66,29 @@ func (origin *Origin) String() (string, error) {
 	anno, err := kyaml.Marshal(origin)
 	return string(anno), err
 }
+
+func OriginFromCustomPlugin(res *Resource) (*Origin, error) {
+	origin, err := res.GetOrigin()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var result *Origin
+	if origin != nil {
+		result = &Origin{
+			Repo:         origin.Repo,
+			Ref:          origin.Ref,
+			ConfiguredIn: origin.Path,
+			ConfiguredBy: kyaml.ResourceIdentifier{
+				TypeMeta: kyaml.TypeMeta{
+					APIVersion: res.GetApiVersion(),
+					Kind:       res.GetKind(),
+				},
+				NameMeta: kyaml.NameMeta{
+					Name:      res.GetName(),
+					Namespace: res.GetNamespace(),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}

api/resource/resource.go

@@ -67,6 +67,29 @@ func (r *Resource) SetGvk(gvk resid.Gvk) {
 	r.SetApiVersion(gvk.ApiVersion())
 }
 
+func (r *Resource) GetOrigin() (*Origin, error) {
+	annotations := r.GetAnnotations()
+	originAnnotations, ok := annotations[utils.OriginAnnotation]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	var origin Origin
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(originAnnotations), &origin); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &origin, nil
+}
+
+func (r *Resource) SetOrigin(origin *Origin) error {
+	annotations := r.GetAnnotations()
+	originStr, err := origin.String()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	annotations[utils.OriginAnnotation] = originStr
+	return r.SetAnnotations(annotations)
+}
+
 // ResCtx is an interface describing the contextual added
 // kept kustomize in the context of each Resource object.
 // Currently mainly the name prefix and name suffix are added.