module	depends on
`sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml`	no local dependencies
`sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils`	`kyaml`
`sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config`	`kyaml`, `cli-utils`
`sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api`	`kyaml`
`sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize`	`cmd/config`, `api`

Thus, do kyaml first, then cli-utils, etc.

Consider fetching new OpenAPI data

The Kubernetes OpenAPI data changes no more frequently than once per quarter. You can check the current builtin versions that kustomize is using with the following command.

kustomize openapi info

Instructions on how to get a new OpenAPI sample can be found in the OpenAPI Readme.

Make some helper functions

function createBranch {
  branch=$1
  echo "Making branch $branch : \"$title\""
  git branch -D $branch  # delete if it exists
  git co -b $branch
  git commit -a -m "$title"
  git push -f origin $branch
}

function createPr {
  gh pr create --title "$title" --body "ALLOW_MODULE_SPAN" --base master
}

function refreshMaster {
  git co master
  git fetch upstream
  git rebase upstream/master
}

function testKustomizeRepo {
  make prow-presubmit-check >& /tmp/k.txt
  local code=$?
  if [ $code -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "**** FAILURE ******************"
    tail -n /tmp/k.txt
  else
    echo "LGTM"
  fi
}

Install the release tool

( cd cmd/gorepomod; go install . )

Authenticate to github using gh

# Use your own token
GITHUB_TOKEN=deadbeefdeadbeef

echo $GITHUB_TOKEN | gh auth login --scopes repo --with-token

Establish clean state

cd ~/gopath/src/sigs.k8s.io/kustomize
refreshMaster
testKustomizeRepo

Release `kyaml`

gorepomod release kyaml --doIt

Note the version:

versionKyaml=v0.10.6   # EDIT THIS!

Undraft the release on the kustomize repo release page, make sure the version number is what you expect.

Release `cli-utils`

cd ../cli-utils

Pin to the new version of kyaml you just released:

go mod edit -require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml@$versionKyaml

Test it

make test
make test-e2e

Create the PR

title="Pin cli-utils to kyaml $versionKyaml"
createBranch pinKyaml
createPr

Wait for tests to pass, then merge the PR:

gh pr status
gh pr merge -m

Release it:

git co master
git rebase upstream/master
gorepomod release {top} --doIt

Note the version:

versionCliUtils=v0.22.4     # EDIT THIS!

Release `cmd/config`

cd ../kustomize

Pin to the most recent kyaml.

gorepomod pin kyaml --doIt

If there is a cli-utils dependence, pin to the version of cli-utils you just created (releases)

(cd cmd/config; \
 go mod edit -require=sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils@$versionCliUtils)

Test it.

testKustomizeRepo

Create the PR:

title="Pin to kyaml $versionKyaml and cli-utils $versionCliUtils"
createBranch pinToKyamlAndCliUtils
createPr

Run local tests while GH runs tests in the cloud:

testKustomizeRepo

Wait for tests to pass, then merge the PR:

gh pr status
gh pr merge -m

Get back on master and do paranoia test:

refreshMaster
testKustomizeRepo

Release it:

gorepomod release cmd/config --doIt

Note the version:

versionCmdConfig=v0.8.8 # EDIT THIS!

Undraft the release on the kustomize repo release page, make sure the version number is what you expect.

Release `api` (the kustomize API, used by the CLI)

Pin to the new cmd/config:

gorepomod pin cmd/config --doIt

Create the PR:

title="Pin to cmd/config $versionCmdConfig"
createBranch pinToCmdConfig
createPr

Run local tests while GH runs tests in the cloud:

testKustomizeRepo

Wait for tests to pass, then merge the PR:

gh pr status  # rinse, repeat
gh pr merge -m

Get back on master and do paranoia test:

refreshMaster
testKustomizeRepo

Release it:

gorepomod release api --doIt

Note the version:

versionApi=v0.7.2   # EDIT THIS!

Undraft the release on the kustomize repo release page, make sure the version number is what you expect.

Release the kustomize CLI

Pin to the new API:

gorepomod pin api --doIt

Create the PR:

title="Pin to api $versionApi"
createBranch pinToApi
createPr

Run local tests while GH runs tests in the cloud:

testKustomizeRepo

Wait for tests to pass, then merge the PR:

gh pr status  # rinse, repeat
gh pr merge -m

Get back on master and do paranoia test:

refreshMaster
testKustomizeRepo

Release it:

gorepomod release kustomize --doIt

Undraft the release on the kustomize repo release page.

Important

Follow the installation instructions to install your new releas and make sure it reports the expected version number.

If not, something is very wrong.
Visit the release page and edit the release notes as desired.

Unpin everything

Go back into development mode, where all modules depend on in-repo code:

gorepomod unpin api         --doIt
gorepomod unpin cmd/config  --doIt
gorepomod unpin kyaml       --doIt

Create the PR:

title="Back to development mode; unpin the modules"
createBranch unpinEverything
createPr

Run local tests while GH runs tests in the cloud:

testKustomizeRepo

Wait for tests to pass, then merge the PR:

gh pr status  # rinse, repeat
gh pr merge -m

Get back on master and do paranoia test:

refreshMaster
testKustomizeRepo

Finally

Edit the prow-presubmit-target in the Makefile to test examples against your new release.

Older notes follow:

Public Modules

Module Name	Module Description	Example Tag	Example Branch Name
`sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils`	General cli-utils	cli-utils/v0.20.2	release-cli-utils-v0.20.2
`sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize`	kustomize executable	kustomize/v3.2.2	release-kustomize-v3.2.2
`sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api`	kustomize API	api/v0.1.0	release-api-v0.1
`sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml`	k8s-specific yaml editting	kyaml/v0.3.3	release-kyaml-v0.2
`sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config`	kyaml related commands	cmd/config/v0.3.3	release-cmd/config-v0.3

sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize

The kustomize program, a CLI for performing structured edits to Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM) YAML.

There's only one public package in this module. It's called main, it's therefore unimportable. It holds the kustomize executable.

See the installation instructions to perform an install.

sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api

The kustomize Go API.

The packages in this module are used by API clients, like the kustomize program itself, and programs in other repositories, e.g. kubectl. They include methods to read, edit and emit modified YAML.

Release notes should appear on the release page.

The package has a toy executable called api, which, if run, prints the API release version, but has no other use.

sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml

The kyaml module.

Low level packages for transforming YAML associated with KRM objects.

These are used to build kyaml filters, computational units that accept and emit KRM YAML, editing or simply validating it.

The kustomize api and the cmd/config packages are built on this.

sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config

The cmd/config module.

A collection od CLI commands that correspond to kyaml filters.

Manual process

In this repo, releasing a module is accomplished by applying a tag to the repo and pushing it upstream. A minor release branch is also created as necessary to track patch releases.

A properly formatted tag (described below) contains the module name and version.

Pushing the tag upstream will trigger Google Cloud Build to build a release and make it available on the release page.

Cloud build reads its instructions from the cloudbuild.yaml file in this directory.

We use a Go program to make the tagging and branch creation process less error prone.

See this multi-module repo tagging discussion for an explanation of the path-like portion of these tags.

Get up to date

It's assumed that whatever is already commited to the latest commit is passing all tests and appropriate for release.

git fetch upstream
git checkout master
git rebase upstream/master
make prow-presubmit-check

Select a module to release

E.g.

module=kustomize   # The kustomize executable
module=api         # The API

Review tags to help determine new tag

Local:

git tag -l | grep $module

Remote:

git ls-remote --tags upstream | grep $module

Set the version you want:

major=0; minor=1; patch=0

semver review

Go's semver-compatible version tags take the form v{major}.{minor}.{patch}:

major	minor	patch
API change	enhancements	bug fixes
manual update	maybe auto-update	auto-update encouraged

If there are only bug fixes or refactors, increment patch from whatever it is now.
If there are new features, increment minor.
If there's an API change (either the Go API or the CLI behavior with respect to CLI arguments and flags), increment major.

Create the release branch

Every module release occurs on it's own git branch.

The branch name doesn't include the patch number, since the branch accumulates patch releases.

TODO: define procedure for doing a cherrypick (committing a patch) to a release branch that already exists.

Name the branch:

branch="release-${module}-v${major}.${minor}"
echo "branch=$branch"

Create it:

git checkout -b $branch

Define the release tag

tag="${module}/v${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
echo "tag=$tag"

Pin modules to their dependencies.

This is achieved via a replace directive in a module's go.mod file.

# Update the following as needed, obviously.

# git checkout -b pinTheRelease
# go mod edit -dropreplace=sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api    $module/go.mod
# go mod edit -require=sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api@v0.1.1 $module/go.mod
# git commit -a -m "Drop API module replacement"

Push the release branch

git push -f upstream $branch

if replacing a release...

Must delete the tag before re-pushing it. Dangerous - only do this if you're sure nothing has already pulled the release.

Delete the tag locally:

git tag --delete $tag

Delete it upstream:

# Disable push protection:
git remote set-url --push upstream git@github.com:kubernetes-sigs/kustomize.git

# The empty space before the colon effectively means delete the tag.
git push upstream :refs/tags/$tag

# Enable push protection:
git remote set-url --push upstream no_push

Optionally visit the release page and delete (what has now become) the draft release for that version.

Tag the local repository

git tag -a $tag -m "Release $tag on branch $branch"

Move the latest_kustomize tag:

git tag -d latest_kustomize
git push upstream :latest_kustomize
git tag -a latest_kustomize

Optionally build a release locally

Install cloud-build-local, then run localbuild.sh:

./releasing/localbuild.sh $module

This should create release artifacts in a local directory.

Trigger the cloud build by pushing the tag

Push the tag:

git remote set-url --push upstream git@github.com:kubernetes-sigs/kustomize.git
git push upstream $tag
git push upstream latest_kustomize
git remote set-url --push upstream no_push

This triggers Google Cloud Build.

Update release notes

Visit the release page and edit the release notes as desired.

README.md

Releasing

Release sequence

Consider fetching new OpenAPI data

Make some helper functions

Install the release tool

Authenticate to github using gh

Establish clean state

Release kyaml

Release cli-utils

Release cmd/config

Release api (the kustomize API, used by the CLI)

Release the kustomize CLI

Important

Unpin everything

Finally

Public Modules

sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize

sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api

sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml

sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config

Manual process

Get up to date

Select a module to release

Review tags to help determine new tag

semver review

Create the release branch

Define the release tag

Pin modules to their dependencies.

Push the release branch

if replacing a release...

Tag the local repository

Optionally build a release locally

Trigger the cloud build by pushing the tag

Update release notes

Release `kyaml`

Release `cli-utils`

Release `cmd/config`

Release `api` (the kustomize API, used by the CLI)