diff --git a/cmd/config/configcobra/cmds.go b/cmd/config/configcobra/cmds.go
index 04d8397a7..0a46b03c7 100644
--- a/cmd/config/configcobra/cmds.go
+++ b/cmd/config/configcobra/cmds.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/commands"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/tutorials"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 )
 
 // Export commands publicly for composition
@@ -35,13 +36,13 @@ var (
 	Wrap               = commands.WrapCommand
 	XArgs              = commands.XArgsCommand
 
-	StackOnError = &commands.StackOnError
-	ExitOnError  = &commands.ExitOnError
+	StackOnError = &runner.StackOnError
+	ExitOnError  = &runner.ExitOnError
 )
 
 // AddCommands adds the cfg and fn commands to kustomize.
 func AddCommands(root *cobra.Command, name string) *cobra.Command {
-	commands.ExitOnError = true
+	runner.ExitOnError = true
 
 	root.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(StackOnError, "stack-trace", false,
 		"print a stack-trace on error")
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate.go
index cb8cdda7b..e41e75ed2 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func NewAnnotateRunner(parent string) *AnnotateRunner {
 		Example: commands.AnnotateExamples,
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(parent, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(parent, c)
 	r.Command = c
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&r.Kind, "kind", "", "Resource kind to annotate")
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&r.ApiVersion, "apiVersion", "", "Resource apiVersion to annotate")
@@ -62,29 +63,29 @@ func (r *AnnotateRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		input = []kio.Reader{rw}
 		output = []kio.Writer{rw}
 
-		return handleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
+		return runner.HandleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
 			Inputs:  input,
 			Filters: []kio.Filter{r},
 			Outputs: output,
 		}.Execute())
 	}
 
-	e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-		writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-		needOpenAPI:        false,
-		recurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
-		cmdRunner:          r,
-		rootPkgPath:        args[0],
+	e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+		Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+		NeedOpenAPI:        false,
+		RecurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
+		CmdRunner:          r,
+		RootPkgPath:        args[0],
 	}
 
-	err := e.execute()
+	err := e.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *AnnotateRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *AnnotateRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	rw := &kio.LocalPackageReadWriter{
 		PackagePath:     pkgPath,
 		NoDeleteFiles:   true,
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cat.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cat.go
index 0e3f860d2..9c9a3bd46 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cat.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cat.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/filters"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func GetCatRunner(name string) *CatRunner {
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 		Args:    cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&r.Format, "format", true,
 		"format resource config yaml before printing.")
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&r.KeepAnnotations, "annotate", false,
@@ -95,21 +96,21 @@ func (r *CatRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		return handleError(c, kio.Pipeline{Inputs: []kio.Reader{input}, Filters: r.catFilters(), Outputs: outputs}.Execute())
+		return runner.HandleError(c, kio.Pipeline{Inputs: []kio.Reader{input}, Filters: r.catFilters(), Outputs: outputs}.Execute())
 	}
 
 	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
 
-	e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-		writer:             out,
-		needOpenAPI:        false,
-		recurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
-		cmdRunner:          r,
-		rootPkgPath:        args[0],
-		skipPkgPathPrint:   true,
+	e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+		Writer:             out,
+		NeedOpenAPI:        false,
+		RecurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
+		CmdRunner:          r,
+		RootPkgPath:        args[0],
+		SkipPkgPathPrint:   true,
 	}
 
-	err := e.execute()
+	err := e.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ func (r *CatRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *CatRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *CatRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	input := kio.LocalPackageReader{PackagePath: pkgPath, PackageFileName: ext.KRMFileName()}
 	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	outputs, err := r.out(out)
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdcreatesetter.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdcreatesetter.go
index c067935f1..1b6b457ff 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdcreatesetter.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdcreatesetter.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/setters"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func NewCreateSetterRunner(parent string) *CreateSetterRunner {
 	set.Flags().BoolVarP(&r.CreateSetter.RecurseSubPackages, "recurse-subpackages", "R", false,
 		"creates setter recursively in all the nested subpackages")
 	set.Flags().MarkHidden("version")
-	fixDocs(parent, set)
+	runner.FixDocs(parent, set)
 	r.Command = set
 	return r
 }
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ type CreateSetterRunner struct {
 }
 
 func (r *CreateSetterRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return handleError(c, r.createSetter(c, args))
+	return runner.HandleError(c, r.createSetter(c, args))
 }
 
 func (r *CreateSetterRunner) preRunE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -179,16 +180,16 @@ func (r *CreateSetterRunner) processSchema() error {
 
 func (r *CreateSetterRunner) createSetter(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if setterVersion == "v2" {
-		e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-			needOpenAPI:        true,
-			writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-			rootPkgPath:        args[0],
-			recurseSubPackages: r.CreateSetter.RecurseSubPackages,
-			cmdRunner:          r,
+		e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+			NeedOpenAPI:        true,
+			Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+			RootPkgPath:        args[0],
+			RecurseSubPackages: r.CreateSetter.RecurseSubPackages,
+			CmdRunner:          r,
 		}
-		err := e.execute()
+		err := e.Execute()
 		if err != nil {
-			return handleError(c, err)
+			return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ func (r *CreateSetterRunner) createSetter(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *CreateSetterRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *CreateSetterRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	r.CreateSetter = settersutil.SetterCreator{
 		Name:               r.CreateSetter.Name,
 		SetBy:              r.CreateSetter.SetBy,
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdcreatesubstitution.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdcreatesubstitution.go
index b7c2d0502..bba09dc45 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdcreatesubstitution.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdcreatesubstitution.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/setters2/settersutil"
 )
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func NewCreateSubstitutionRunner(parent string) *CreateSubstitutionRunner {
 		"creates substitution recursively in all the nested subpackages")
 	_ = cs.MarkFlagRequired("pattern")
 	_ = cs.MarkFlagRequired("field-value")
-	fixDocs(parent, cs)
+	runner.FixDocs(parent, cs)
 	r.Command = cs
 	return r
 }
@@ -49,22 +50,22 @@ type CreateSubstitutionRunner struct {
 }
 
 func (r *CreateSubstitutionRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-		needOpenAPI:        true,
-		writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-		rootPkgPath:        args[0],
-		recurseSubPackages: r.CreateSubstitution.RecurseSubPackages,
-		cmdRunner:          r,
+	e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+		NeedOpenAPI:        true,
+		Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+		RootPkgPath:        args[0],
+		RecurseSubPackages: r.CreateSubstitution.RecurseSubPackages,
+		CmdRunner:          r,
 	}
-	err := e.execute()
+	err := e.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		return handleError(c, err)
+		return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *CreateSubstitutionRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *CreateSubstitutionRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	r.CreateSubstitution = settersutil.SubstitutionCreator{
 		Name:               r.CreateSubstitution.Name,
 		FieldName:          r.CreateSubstitution.FieldName,
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesetter.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesetter.go
index 99d0f0cec..a4ae8e867 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesetter.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesetter.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/fieldmeta"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/setters2/settersutil"
 )
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func NewDeleteSetterRunner(parent string) *DeleteSetterRunner {
 	}
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&r.RecurseSubPackages, "recurse-subpackages", "R", false,
 		"deletes setter recursively in all the nested subpackages")
-	fixDocs(parent, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(parent, c)
 	r.Command = c
 
 	return r
@@ -56,22 +57,21 @@ func (r *DeleteSetterRunner) preRunE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func (r *DeleteSetterRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-		needOpenAPI:        true,
-		writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-		rootPkgPath:        args[0],
-		recurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
-		cmdRunner:          r,
+	e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+		NeedOpenAPI:        true,
+		Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+		RootPkgPath:        args[0],
+		RecurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
+		CmdRunner:          r,
 	}
-	err := e.execute()
+	err := e.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		return handleError(c, err)
+		return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *DeleteSetterRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
-
+func (r *DeleteSetterRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	r.DeleteSetter = settersutil.DeleterCreator{
 		Name:               r.DeleteSetter.Name,
 		DefinitionPrefix:   fieldmeta.SetterDefinitionPrefix,
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesubstitution.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesubstitution.go
index fc096bd63..dfd57e36c 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesubstitution.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesubstitution.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/fieldmeta"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/setters2/settersutil"
 )
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func NewDeleteSubstitutionRunner(parent string) *DeleteSubstitutionRunner {
 	}
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&r.RecurseSubPackages, "recurse-subpackages", "R", false,
 		"deletes substitution recursively in all the nested subpackages")
-	fixDocs(parent, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(parent, c)
 	r.Command = c
 
 	return r
@@ -52,21 +53,21 @@ func (r *DeleteSubstitutionRunner) preRunE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) erro
 }
 
 func (r *DeleteSubstitutionRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-		needOpenAPI:        true,
-		writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-		rootPkgPath:        args[0],
-		recurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
-		cmdRunner:          r,
+	e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+		NeedOpenAPI:        true,
+		Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+		RootPkgPath:        args[0],
+		RecurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
+		CmdRunner:          r,
 	}
-	err := e.execute()
+	err := e.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		return handleError(c, err)
+		return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *DeleteSubstitutionRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *DeleteSubstitutionRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	r.DeleteSubstitution = settersutil.DeleterCreator{
 		Name:               r.DeleteSubstitution.Name,
 		DefinitionPrefix:   fieldmeta.SubstitutionDefinitionPrefix,
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdinit.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdinit.go
index e72a0932d..f8b434658 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdinit.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdinit.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/krmfile"
 )
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func GetInitRunner(name string) *InitRunner {
 		Example: commands.InitExamples,
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	r.Command = c
 	return r
 }
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdlistsetters.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdlistsetters.go
index a97c6710b..63075574e 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdlistsetters.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdlistsetters.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/fieldmeta"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/setters"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/setters2"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func NewListSettersRunner(parent string) *ListSettersRunner {
 		"include substitutions in the output")
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&r.RecurseSubPackages, "recurse-subpackages", "R", true,
 		"list setters recursively in all the nested subpackages")
-	fixDocs(parent, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(parent, c)
 	r.Command = c
 	return r
 }
@@ -67,24 +68,24 @@ func (r *ListSettersRunner) preRunE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 func (r *ListSettersRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if setterVersion == "v2" {
-		e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-			needOpenAPI:        true,
-			writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-			rootPkgPath:        args[0],
-			recurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
-			cmdRunner:          r,
+		e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+			NeedOpenAPI:        true,
+			Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+			RootPkgPath:        args[0],
+			RecurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
+			CmdRunner:          r,
 		}
 
-		err := e.execute()
+		err := e.Execute()
 		if err != nil {
-			return handleError(c, err)
+			return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
-	return handleError(c, lookup(r.Lookup, c, args))
+	return runner.HandleError(c, lookup(r.Lookup, c, args))
 }
 
-func (r *ListSettersRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *ListSettersRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	r.List = setters2.List{
 		Name:            r.List.Name,
 		OpenAPIFileName: ext.KRMFileName(),
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ func (r *ListSettersRunner) ListSetters(w io.Writer, openAPIPath, resourcePath s
 
 	if len(r.List.Setters) == 0 {
 		// exit non-0 if no matching setters are found
-		if ExitOnError {
+		if runner.ExitOnError {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdset.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdset.go
index bc509410d..aeee62384 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdset.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdset.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/setters"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ func NewSetRunner(parent string) *SetRunner {
 		PreRunE: r.preRunE,
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(parent, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(parent, c)
 	r.Command = c
 	c.Flags().StringArrayVar(&r.Values, "values", []string{},
 		"optional flag, the values of the setter to be set to")
@@ -131,26 +132,26 @@ func (r *SetRunner) preRunE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 func (r *SetRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if setterVersion == "v2" {
-		e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-			needOpenAPI:        true,
-			writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-			rootPkgPath:        args[0],
-			recurseSubPackages: r.Set.RecurseSubPackages,
-			cmdRunner:          r,
+		e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+			NeedOpenAPI:        true,
+			Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+			RootPkgPath:        args[0],
+			RecurseSubPackages: r.Set.RecurseSubPackages,
+			CmdRunner:          r,
 		}
-		err := e.execute()
+		err := e.Execute()
 		if err != nil {
-			return handleError(c, err)
+			return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
 	if len(args) > 2 || c.Flag("values").Changed {
-		return handleError(c, r.perform(c, args))
+		return runner.HandleError(c, r.perform(c, args))
 	}
-	return handleError(c, lookup(r.Lookup, c, args))
+	return runner.HandleError(c, lookup(r.Lookup, c, args))
 }
 
-func (r *SetRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *SetRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	r.Set = settersutil.FieldSetter{
 		Name:               r.Set.Name,
 		Value:              r.Set.Value,
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdwrap.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdwrap.go
index b089fd201..ed4ae9390 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdwrap.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdwrap.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/filters"
 )
@@ -135,5 +136,5 @@ func (r *WrapRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			Writer:                c.OutOrStdout(),
 			WrappingKind:          kio.ResourceListKind,
 			WrappingAPIVersion:    kio.ResourceListAPIVersion}}}.Execute()
-	return handleError(c, err)
+	return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdxargs.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdxargs.go
index 3f2ea7bad..ff00aa77d 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdxargs.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmdxargs.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
 )
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ func (r *XArgsRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return handleError(c, run.Run())
+	return runner.HandleError(c, run.Run())
 }
 
 func parseYNode(node *yaml.Node) string {
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/count.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/count.go
index 058e99b6d..dc7fceafd 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/count.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/count.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/sets"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func GetCountRunner(name string) *CountRunner {
 		Example: commands.CountExamples,
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&r.Kind, "kind", true,
 		"count resources by kind.")
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&r.RecurseSubPackages, "recurse-subpackages", "R", true,
@@ -51,24 +52,24 @@ func (r *CountRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		input := &kio.ByteReader{Reader: c.InOrStdin()}
 
-		return handleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
+		return runner.HandleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
 			Inputs:  []kio.Reader{input},
 			Outputs: r.out(c.OutOrStdout()),
 		}.Execute())
 	}
 
-	e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-		writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-		needOpenAPI:        false,
-		recurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
-		cmdRunner:          r,
-		rootPkgPath:        args[0],
+	e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+		Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+		NeedOpenAPI:        false,
+		RecurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
+		CmdRunner:          r,
+		RootPkgPath:        args[0],
 	}
 
-	return e.execute()
+	return e.Execute()
 }
 
-func (r *CountRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *CountRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	input := kio.LocalPackageReader{PackagePath: pkgPath, PackageFileName: ext.KRMFileName()}
 
 	err := kio.Pipeline{
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/fmt.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/fmt.go
index 12e89c9c4..f1c1323ad 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/fmt.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/fmt.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/filters"
 )
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func GetFmtRunner(name string) *FmtRunner {
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 		PreRunE: r.preRunE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&r.FilenamePattern, "pattern", filters.DefaultFilenamePattern,
 		`pattern to use for generating filenames for resources -- may contain the following
 formatting substitution verbs {'%n': 'metadata.name', '%s': 'metadata.namespace', '%k': 'kind'}`)
@@ -74,20 +75,20 @@ func (r *FmtRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			Writer:                c.OutOrStdout(),
 			KeepReaderAnnotations: r.KeepAnnotations,
 		}
-		return handleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
+		return runner.HandleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
 			Inputs: []kio.Reader{rw}, Filters: r.fmtFilters(), Outputs: []kio.Writer{rw}}.Execute())
 	}
 
 	for _, rootPkgPath := range args {
-		e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-			writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
-			needOpenAPI:        false,
-			recurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
-			cmdRunner:          r,
-			rootPkgPath:        rootPkgPath,
+		e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+			Writer:             c.OutOrStdout(),
+			NeedOpenAPI:        false,
+			RecurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
+			CmdRunner:          r,
+			RootPkgPath:        rootPkgPath,
 		}
 
-		err := e.execute()
+		err := e.Execute()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ func (r *FmtRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *FmtRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *FmtRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	rw := &kio.LocalPackageReadWriter{
 		NoDeleteFiles:         true,
 		PackagePath:           pkgPath,
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/grep.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/grep.go
index ef3a67608..0fe42680b 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/grep.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/grep.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/filters"
 )
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func GetGrepRunner(name string) *GrepRunner {
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 		Args:    cobra.MaximumNArgs(2),
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&r.KeepAnnotations, "annotate", true,
 		"annotate resources with their file origins.")
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&r.InvertMatch, "invert-match", "", false,
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func (r *GrepRunner) preRunE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 		return qa.Cmp(qb), err
 	}
-	parts, err := parseFieldPath(args[0])
+	parts, err := runner.ParseFieldPath(args[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ func (r *GrepRunner) preRunE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 func (r *GrepRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) == 1 {
 		input := &kio.ByteReader{Reader: c.InOrStdin()}
-		return handleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
+		return runner.HandleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
 			Inputs:  []kio.Reader{input},
 			Filters: []kio.Filter{r.GrepFilter},
 			Outputs: []kio.Writer{kio.ByteWriter{
@@ -117,16 +118,16 @@ func (r *GrepRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	out := bytes.Buffer{}
 
-	e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-		writer:             &out,
-		needOpenAPI:        false,
-		recurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
-		cmdRunner:          r,
-		rootPkgPath:        args[1],
-		skipPkgPathPrint:   true,
+	e := runner.ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+		Writer:             &out,
+		NeedOpenAPI:        false,
+		RecurseSubPackages: r.RecurseSubPackages,
+		CmdRunner:          r,
+		RootPkgPath:        args[1],
+		SkipPkgPathPrint:   true,
 	}
 
-	err := e.execute()
+	err := e.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ func (r *GrepRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 }
 
-func (r *GrepRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *GrepRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	input := kio.LocalPackageReader{PackagePath: pkgPath, PackageFileName: ext.KRMFileName()}
 	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	err := kio.Pipeline{
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/merge.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/merge.go
index 1ac3c8236..dd65b50e9 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/merge.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/merge.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/filters"
 )
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ func GetMergeRunner(name string) *MergeRunner {
 		Example: commands.MergeExamples,
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	r.Command = c
 	r.Command.Flags().BoolVar(&r.InvertOrder, "invert-order", false,
 		"if true, merge Resources in the reverse order")
@@ -64,5 +65,5 @@ func (r *MergeRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	filters := []kio.Filter{filters.MergeFilter{}, filters.FormatFilter{}}
-	return handleError(c, kio.Pipeline{Inputs: inputs, Filters: filters, Outputs: outputs}.Execute())
+	return runner.HandleError(c, kio.Pipeline{Inputs: inputs, Filters: filters, Outputs: outputs}.Execute())
 }
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/merge3.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/merge3.go
index 6c31186c5..a1ac5b3c5 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/merge3.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/merge3.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/filters"
 )
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ func GetMerge3Runner(name string) *Merge3Runner {
 		Example: commands.Merge3Examples,
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&r.ancestor, "ancestor", "",
 		"Path to original package")
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&r.fromDir, "from", "",
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/run-fns.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/run-fns.go
index a07c2e0a3..3222a0e3b 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/run-fns.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/run-fns.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/fn/runtime/runtimeutil"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func GetRunFnRunner(name string) *RunFnRunner {
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 		PreRunE: r.preRunE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&r.IncludeSubpackages, "include-subpackages", true,
 		"also print resources from subpackages.")
 	r.Command = c
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ type RunFnRunner struct {
 }
 
 func (r *RunFnRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return handleError(c, r.RunFns.Execute())
+	return runner.HandleError(c, r.RunFns.Execute())
 }
 
 // getContainerFunctions parses the commandline flags and arguments into explicit
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/sink.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/sink.go
index 74e1ec8a3..9c2c6cd13 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/sink.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/sink.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/kioutil"
 )
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ func GetSinkRunner(name string) *SinkRunner {
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 		Args:    cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	r.Command = c
 	return r
 }
@@ -49,5 +50,5 @@ func (r *SinkRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	err := kio.Pipeline{
 		Inputs:  []kio.Reader{&kio.ByteReader{Reader: c.InOrStdin()}},
 		Outputs: outputs}.Execute()
-	return handleError(c, err)
+	return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/source.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/source.go
index 7873956ce..935552503 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/source.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/source.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
 )
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func GetSourceRunner(name string) *SourceRunner {
 		Example: commands.SourceExamples,
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&r.WrapKind, "wrap-kind", kio.ResourceListKind,
 		"output using this format.")
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&r.WrapApiVersion, "wrap-version", kio.ResourceListAPIVersion,
@@ -78,5 +79,5 @@ func (r *SourceRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	err := kio.Pipeline{Inputs: inputs, Outputs: outputs}.Execute()
-	return handleError(c, err)
+	return runner.HandleError(c, err)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/tree.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/tree.go
index 2b14da271..090ff3123 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/tree.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/tree.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/runner"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio/filters"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func GetTreeRunner(name string) *TreeRunner {
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 		Args:    cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 	}
-	fixDocs(name, c)
+	runner.FixDocs(name, c)
 
 	// TODO(pwittrock): Figure out if these are the right things to expose, and consider making it
 	// a list of options instead of individual flags
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func (r *TreeRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	var fields []kio.TreeWriterField
 	for _, field := range r.fields {
-		path, err := parseFieldPath(field)
+		path, err := runner.ParseFieldPath(field)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ func (r *TreeRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		ExcludeNonLocalConfig: r.excludeNonLocal,
 	}}
 
-	return handleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
+	return runner.HandleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
 		Inputs:  []kio.Reader{input},
 		Filters: fltrs,
 		Outputs: []kio.Writer{kio.TreeWriter{
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/util.go b/cmd/config/runner/runner.go
similarity index 72%
rename from cmd/config/internal/commands/util.go
rename to cmd/config/runner/runner.go
index 76b2df87d..eb08b7be9 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/util.go
+++ b/cmd/config/runner/runner.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
-package commands
+package runner
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -17,72 +17,72 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/pathutil"
 )
 
-// cmdRunner interface holds executeCmd definition which executes respective command's
+// CmdRunner interface holds ExecuteCmd definition which executes respective command's
 // implementation on single package
-type cmdRunner interface {
-	executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error
+type CmdRunner interface {
+	ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error
 }
 
-// executeCmdOnPkgs struct holds the parameters necessary to
+// ExecuteCmdOnPkgs struct holds the parameters necessary to
 // execute the filter command on packages in rootPkgPath
-type executeCmdOnPkgs struct {
-	rootPkgPath        string
-	recurseSubPackages bool
-	needOpenAPI        bool
-	cmdRunner          cmdRunner
-	writer             io.Writer
-	skipPkgPathPrint   bool
+type ExecuteCmdOnPkgs struct {
+	RootPkgPath        string
+	RecurseSubPackages bool
+	NeedOpenAPI        bool
+	CmdRunner          CmdRunner
+	Writer             io.Writer
+	SkipPkgPathPrint   bool
 }
 
-// executeCmdOnPkgs takes the function definition for a command to be executed on single package, applies that definition
+// ExecuteCmdOnPkgs takes the function definition for a command to be executed on single package, applies that definition
 // recursively on all the subpackages present in rootPkgPath if recurseSubPackages is true, else applies the command on rootPkgPath only
-func (e executeCmdOnPkgs) execute() error {
-	pkgsPaths, err := pathutil.DirsWithFile(e.rootPkgPath, ext.KRMFileName(), e.recurseSubPackages)
+func (e ExecuteCmdOnPkgs) Execute() error {
+	pkgsPaths, err := pathutil.DirsWithFile(e.RootPkgPath, ext.KRMFileName(), e.RecurseSubPackages)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if len(pkgsPaths) == 0 {
 		// at this point, there are no openAPI files in the rootPkgPath
-		if e.needOpenAPI {
+		if e.NeedOpenAPI {
 			// few executions need openAPI file to be present(ex: setters commands), if true throw an error
-			return errors.Errorf("unable to find %q in package %q", ext.KRMFileName(), e.rootPkgPath)
+			return errors.Errorf("unable to find %q in package %q", ext.KRMFileName(), e.RootPkgPath)
 		}
 
 		// add root path for commands which doesn't need openAPI(ex: annotate, fmt)
-		pkgsPaths = []string{e.rootPkgPath}
+		pkgsPaths = []string{e.RootPkgPath}
 	}
 
 	// for commands which doesn't need openAPI file, make sure that the root package is
 	// included all the times
-	if !e.needOpenAPI && !containsString(pkgsPaths, e.rootPkgPath) {
-		pkgsPaths = append([]string{e.rootPkgPath}, pkgsPaths...)
+	if !e.NeedOpenAPI && !containsString(pkgsPaths, e.RootPkgPath) {
+		pkgsPaths = append([]string{e.RootPkgPath}, pkgsPaths...)
 	}
 
 	for i := range pkgsPaths {
 		pkgPath := pkgsPaths[i]
 		// Add schema present in openAPI file for current package
-		if e.needOpenAPI {
+		if e.NeedOpenAPI {
 			if err := openapi.AddSchemaFromFile(filepath.Join(pkgPath, ext.KRMFileName())); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
 
-		if !e.skipPkgPathPrint {
-			fmt.Fprintf(e.writer, "%s/\n", pkgPath)
+		if !e.SkipPkgPathPrint {
+			fmt.Fprintf(e.Writer, "%s/\n", pkgPath)
 		}
 
-		err := e.cmdRunner.executeCmd(e.writer, pkgPath)
+		err := e.CmdRunner.ExecuteCmd(e.Writer, pkgPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		if i != len(pkgsPaths)-1 {
-			fmt.Fprint(e.writer, "\n")
+			fmt.Fprint(e.Writer, "\n")
 		}
 
 		// Delete schema present in openAPI file for current package
-		if e.needOpenAPI {
+		if e.NeedOpenAPI {
 			if err := openapi.DeleteSchemaInFile(filepath.Join(pkgPath, ext.KRMFileName())); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ func (e executeCmdOnPkgs) execute() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// parseFieldPath parse a flag value into a field path
-func parseFieldPath(path string) ([]string, error) {
+// ParseFieldPath parse a flag value into a field path
+func ParseFieldPath(path string) ([]string, error) {
 	// fixup '\.' so we don't split on it
 	match := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "\\.", "$$$$")
 	parts := strings.Split(match, ".")
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func parseFieldPath(path string) ([]string, error) {
 	return newParts, nil
 }
 
-func handleError(c *cobra.Command, err error) error {
+func HandleError(c *cobra.Command, err error) error {
 	if err == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var StackOnError bool
 const cmdName = "kustomize config"
 
 // FixDocs replaces instances of old with new in the docs for c
-func fixDocs(new string, c *cobra.Command) {
+func FixDocs(new string, c *cobra.Command) {
 	c.Use = strings.ReplaceAll(c.Use, cmdName, new)
 	c.Short = strings.ReplaceAll(c.Short, cmdName, new)
 	c.Long = strings.ReplaceAll(c.Long, cmdName, new)
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/util_test.go b/cmd/config/runner/runner_test.go
similarity index 92%
rename from cmd/config/internal/commands/util_test.go
rename to cmd/config/runner/runner_test.go
index afd1d80f5..e1281bf65 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/util_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/runner/runner_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package commands
+package runner
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ ${baseDir}/subpkg2/subpkg3/
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			actual := &bytes.Buffer{}
 			r := &TestRunner{}
-			e := executeCmdOnPkgs{
-				needOpenAPI:        test.needOpenAPI,
-				writer:             actual,
-				rootPkgPath:        filepath.Join(dir, test.pkgPath),
-				recurseSubPackages: test.recurse,
-				cmdRunner:          r,
+			e := ExecuteCmdOnPkgs{
+				NeedOpenAPI:        test.needOpenAPI,
+				Writer:             actual,
+				RootPkgPath:        filepath.Join(dir, test.pkgPath),
+				RecurseSubPackages: test.recurse,
+				CmdRunner:          r,
 			}
-			err := e.execute()
+			err := e.Execute()
 			if test.errMsg == "" {
 				if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 					t.FailNow()
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func createTestDirStructure(dir string) error {
 
 type TestRunner struct{}
 
-func (r *TestRunner) executeCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
+func (r *TestRunner) ExecuteCmd(w io.Writer, pkgPath string) error {
 	children, err := ioutil.ReadDir(pkgPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/kyaml/commandutil/commandutil.go b/kyaml/commandutil/commandutil.go
index ac0291aa7..d4f4f9023 100644
--- a/kyaml/commandutil/commandutil.go
+++ b/kyaml/commandutil/commandutil.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // EnabkeAlphaCommmandsEnvName is the environment variable used to enable Alpha kustomize commands.
-//If set to "true" alpha commands will be enabled.
+// If set to "true" alpha commands will be enabled.
 const EnableAlphaCommmandsEnvName = "KUSTOMIZE_ENABLE_ALPHA_COMMANDS"
 
 // GetAlphaEnabled returns true if alpha commands should be enabled.
diff --git a/kyaml/fn/runtime/starlark/example_test.go b/kyaml/fn/runtime/starlark/example_test.go
index 5c4b3c1f7..cfb21a90e 100644
--- a/kyaml/fn/runtime/starlark/example_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/fn/runtime/starlark/example_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ run(ctx.resource_list["items"])
 		Filters: []kio.Filter{fltr},
 		Outputs: []kio.Writer{&kio.ByteWriter{Writer: output}}}.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println(output.String())
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ spec:
   value: "hello world"
 `)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
 	// fltr transforms the input using a starlark program
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ run(ctx.resource_list["items"], ctx.resource_list["functionConfig"]["spec"]["val
 		Filters: []kio.Filter{fltr},
 		Outputs: []kio.Writer{&kio.ByteWriter{Writer: output}}}.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println(output.String())
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func ExampleFilter_Filter_file() {
 	// setup the configuration
 	d, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(d)
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ spec:
         image: nginx:1.8.1 # {"$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.cli.substitutions.image-1"}
 `), 0600)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, "deploy2.yaml"), []byte(`
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ spec:
         image: nginx:1.7.9 # {"$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.cli.substitutions.image-2"}
 `), 0600)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, "annotate.star"), []byte(`
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def run(items):
 run(ctx.resource_list["items"])
 `), 0600)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
 	fltr := &starlark.Filter{
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ run(ctx.resource_list["items"])
 			ClearAnnotations: []string{"config.kubernetes.io/path"},
 		}}}.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println(output.String())
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go b/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
index 0d324ee52..4f20a52f5 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (r *ByteReader) Read() ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 	}
 
 	// replace the ending \r\n (line ending used in windows) with \n and then separate by \n---\n
-	values := strings.Split(strings.Replace(input.String(), "\r\n", "\n", -1), "\n---\n")
+	values := strings.Split(strings.ReplaceAll(input.String(), "\r\n", "\n"), "\n---\n")
 
 	index := 0
 	for i := range values {
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/filters/filters.go b/kyaml/kio/filters/filters.go
index 77f335483..f8ceb51ca 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/filters/filters.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/filters/filters.go
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ func (f *FileSetter) Filter(input []*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		file := f.FilenamePattern
-		file = strings.Replace(file, string(KindFmt), strings.ToLower(m.Kind), -1)
-		file = strings.Replace(file, string(NameFmt), strings.ToLower(m.Name), -1)
-		file = strings.Replace(file, string(NamespaceFmt), strings.ToLower(m.Namespace), -1)
+		file = strings.ReplaceAll(file, string(KindFmt), strings.ToLower(m.Kind))
+		file = strings.ReplaceAll(file, string(NameFmt), strings.ToLower(m.Name))
+		file = strings.ReplaceAll(file, string(NamespaceFmt), strings.ToLower(m.Namespace))
 
 		if _, found := m.Annotations[kioutil.PathAnnotation]; !found || f.Override {
 			if _, err := input[i].Pipe(yaml.SetAnnotation(kioutil.PathAnnotation, file)); err != nil {
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/filters/grep.go b/kyaml/kio/filters/grep.go
index e9874f07c..2eb8a8886 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/filters/grep.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/filters/grep.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (f GrepFilter) Filter(input []*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				str = strings.TrimSpace(strings.Replace(str, `"`, "", -1))
+				str = strings.TrimSpace(strings.ReplaceAll(str, `"`, ""))
 			} else {
 				// if not regexp, then it needs to parse into a quantity and comments will
 				// break that
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/tree_test.go b/kyaml/kio/tree_test.go
index 56f406a0f..e923baa69 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/tree_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/tree_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package kio_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ spec:
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
 
-	if !assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf(`
+	if !assert.Equal(t, `
 ├── bar-package
 │   └── [f2.yaml]  Deployment bar
 └── foo-package
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ spec:
     ├── [f1.yaml]  Service default/foo
     └── 3
         └── [f3.yaml]  Deployment default/foo
-`), out.String()) {
+`, out.String()) {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/kyaml/setters/doyaml.go b/kyaml/setters/doyaml.go
index dd35fea61..3559ee8cb 100644
--- a/kyaml/setters/doyaml.go
+++ b/kyaml/setters/doyaml.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (fs *fieldSetter) set(
 	}
 
 	// be sure to set the tag to the matching type so the yaml doesn't incorrectly quote
-	//integers or booleans as strings
+	// integers or booleans as strings
 	fType := fieldmeta.FieldValueType(f.Schema.Type[0])
 	if err := fType.Validate(field.YNode().Value); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/kyaml/setters2/add_test.go b/kyaml/setters2/add_test.go
index 847f4095c..001b11796 100644
--- a/kyaml/setters2/add_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/setters2/add_test.go
@@ -281,13 +281,13 @@ packageMetadata:
 func TestAdd_Filter2(t *testing.T) {
 	path := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "resourcefile")
 
-	//write initial resourcefile to temp path
+	// write initial resourcefile to temp path
 	err := ioutil.WriteFile(path, []byte(resourcefile), 0666)
 	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
 
-	//add a setter definition
+	// add a setter definition
 	sd := SetterDefinition{
 		Name:  "image",
 		Value: "1",
diff --git a/kyaml/setters2/types.go b/kyaml/setters2/types.go
index c5a686cfc..a1e2bde73 100644
--- a/kyaml/setters2/types.go
+++ b/kyaml/setters2/types.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type substitutionSetterReference struct {
 	Marker string `yaml:"marker,omitempty" json:"marker,omitempty"`
 }
 
-//K8sCliExtensionKey is the name of the OpenAPI field containing the setter extensions
+// K8sCliExtensionKey is the name of the OpenAPI field containing the setter extensions
 const K8sCliExtensionKey = "x-k8s-cli"
 
 // GetExtFromSchema returns the cliExtension openAPI extension if it is present in schema
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/order.go b/kyaml/yaml/order.go
index 886da5e87..06bdc6ac1 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/order.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/order.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var fieldSortOrder = []string{
 	// secret and configmap
 	"stringData", "data", "binaryData",
 
-	//cronjobspec,  daemonsetspec, deploymentspec, statefulsetspec,
+	// cronjobspec,  daemonsetspec, deploymentspec, statefulsetspec,
 	// jobspec fields
 	"parallelism", "completions", "activeDeadlineSeconds", "backoffLimit",
 	"replicas", "selector", "manualSelector", "template",